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Fulminant myasthenia gravis and polymyositis after thymectomy for thymoma |
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| Authors: | B. Hassel N. E. Gilhus J. A. Aarli O. R. Skogen |
| Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway. |
| Abstract: | Two days after thymectomy for thymoma a patient developed myasthenia gravis and polymyositis; these rapidly progressed to a near total paralysis. |
| Keywords: | thymoma thymectomy myasthenia gravis polymyositis neuropathy Bjørnar Hassel Norwegian Defence Research Establishment Division for Environmental Toxicology N-2007 Kjeller Norway |