Thymectomy in multiple sclerosis: a 3-year follow-up.
We studied 34 MS patients who were treated experimentally by thymectomy with or without 1 year of azathioprine therapy. After 3 years, there was no evidence of benefit. Relapsing-remitting patients had done as well or better clinically than controls, and the chronic progressive group did less well statistically than controls.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013934:Thymectomy