Comparison of thymic histology with response to thymectomy in myasthenia gravis.
Fifty-four thymus glands removed surgically from patients with myasthenia gravis were examined using an accurate morphometric technique and the data compared with the response to thymectomy. There is a tendency for patients with relatively unreactive thymus glands to obtain a better result from thymectomy but this is not statistically significant.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors