title: Studies in myasthenia gravis. Pyridostigmine-C14 metabolism after thymectomy.
abstract: Pyridostigmine-carbon 14 (P-C14) excretion studies in myasthenia gravis patients who had had thymectomies failed to produce any significant difference from results observed in myasthenic patients who had not had thymectomies. Thus, change in P-C14 metabolism cannot help explain decreased anticholinesterase requirements and electromyographic changes observed in some patients following thymectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide / Q000378:metabolism*; D013934:Thymectomy
chemical_list: D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide