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The immunologic role of thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis: implication of thymus-associated B-lymphocyte subset in reduction of the anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody titer

Meinoshin Okumura, Mitsunori Ohta, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Shiono, Masayoshi Inoue, Kenjiro Fukuhara, Yoshihisa Kadota, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Yoshitaka Fujii, Hikaru Matsuda

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2003 · 47 citations · 26 references

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The World Health Organization histologic classification system reflects the oncologic behavior of thymoma

Meinoshin Okumura, Mitsunori Ohta, Hisashi Tateyama et al. · Cancer · 2002 · 596 citations

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"Maximal" thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Surgical anatomy and operative technique.

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An Improved Technique to Facilitate Transcervical Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

Jonathan D. Cooper, A.N. Al-Jilaihawa, F.G. Pearson et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1988 · 249 citations

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“Maximal” thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Alfred Jaretzki, Marianne Wolff · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1988 · 203 citations

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Thymomas alter the T-cell subset composition in the blood: a potential mechanism for thymoma-associated autoimmune disease

Viola Hoffacker, Anja Schultz, James Tiesinga et al. · Blood · 2000 · 192 citations

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