Comparative clinical outcomes after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Thoracoscopic versus trans-sternal approach
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- 1 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Asian Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 41 (1), 77-85
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asjsur.2016.09.006
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