Study: Long-term Effect of Thymectomy Plus Prednisone vs. Prednisone Alone in Non-thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis

Long-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis: 2-year extension of the MGTX randomised trial – The Lancet Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: In myasthenia gravis, surgery to remove the thymus gland provides clinical benefits even five years later – University at Buffalo (free) AND Clinical benefits persist 5 years after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis – MDedge Neurology (free)

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2y extension of the thymectomy in myasthenia gravis RCT: also at 5 years, thymectomy+prednisone > prednisone in patients with generalised non-thymomatous myasthenia gravishttps://t.co/nJZF4JRM5d@wolfegil @UBNewsSource @UBuffalo @TheLancetNeuro #neurology #neuromuscular pic.twitter.com/S62HWWlZ9Q

— Johan Lim (@doctorappletini) February 2, 2019