title: Thymectomy for paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome associated with invasive thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan. taiwata@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Kiyotoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: Ryuhei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Takuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukioka
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suehiro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase