Postthymectomy Myasthenia Gravis: Relationship With Thymoma and Antiacetylcholine Receptor Antibody Jun Nakajima, MD, DMedSc, Tomohiro Murakawa, MD,

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Postthymectomy Myasthenia Gravis: Relationship With Thymoma and Antiacetylcholine Receptor Antibody Jun Nakajima, MD, DMedSc, Tomohiro Murakawa, MD, DMedSc, Takeshi Fukami, MD, DMedSc, Atsushi Sano, MD, DMedSc, Shinichi Takamoto, MD, DMedSc, Hiroshi Ohtsu, MS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 3, Pages 941-945 (September 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.070 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Diagram shows preoperative and postoperative myasthenia gravis (MG) and preoperative and postoperative acetylcholine receptor-binding antibody (ARAb) serum titer levels in each patient. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 941-945DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.070) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions