1. Extended Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis Patients: A 20-Year Review
Akira Masaoka, MD, Yosuke Yamakawa, MD, Hiroshi Niwa, MD, Ichiro Fukai, MD, Satoshi Kondo, MD, Masayoshi Kobayashi, MD, Yoshitaka Fujii, MD, Yasumasa Monden, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages (August 1996)
DOI: /S (96)
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2. Fig. 1
Margins of the extended thymectomy. (L = left; N = nerve; R = right.)
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3. Fig. 2
Results in the patients with nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis. (PR = palliation rate; RR = remission rate.)
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4. Fig. 3
Results of the patients with thymomatous myasthenia gravis. (PR = palliation rate; RR = remission rate.)
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5. Fig. 4
Remission rate curves of the younger and older groups (age at time of the operation) of nonthymomatous patients.
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6. Fig. 5
Remission rate curves of the younger and older groups (age at time of the operation) of thymomatous patients.
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7. Fig. 6
Remission rate curves of the nonthymomatous patients with shorter and longer preoperative duration of myasthenia gravis.
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8. Fig. 7
Remission rate curves of the thymomatous patients with shorter and longer preoperative duration of myasthenia gravis.
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9. Fig. 8
Remission rate curves of type I, IIa, and IIb myasthenia gravis in the nonthymomatous patients.
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10. Fig. 9
Remission rate curves of type I, IIa, IIb, and III myasthenia gravis in the thymomatous patients
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