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thymectomy

Description: A surgical procedure to remove the thymus, used in clinical treatment of disorders including myasthenia gravis.
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CONSENSUS: Guidelines for Diagnosis and Therapy of MEN Type 1 and Type 2
2001 · Maria Luisa Brandi, Robert F. Gagel, et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2,033
Immunological Function of the Thymus
1961 · J MILLER · The Lancet · 1,391
Myasthenia gravis: subgroup classification and therapeutic strategies
2015 · Nils Erik Gilhus, Jan J Verschuuren · The Lancet Neurology · 1,267
Homeostatic maintenance of natural Foxp3 + CD25+ CD4+ regulatory T cells by interleukin (IL)-2 and induction of autoimmune disease by IL-2 neutralization
2005 · Ruka Setoguchi, Shohei Hori, et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1,235
International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis
2016 · Donald B. Sanders, Gil I. Wolfe, et al. · Neurology · 1,212
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Functional subclasses of T-lymphocytes bearing different Ly antigens. I. The generation of functionally distinct T-cell subclasses is a differentiative process independent of antigen.
1975 · H Cantor, E A Boyse · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1,105
Myasthenia gravis
2019 · Nils Erik Gilhus, Socrates Tzartos, et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 953
Randomized Trial of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis
2016 · Gil I. Wolfe, Henry J. Kaminski, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 934
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Cell interactions in the induction of tolerance: the role of thymic lymphocytes.
1970 · R K Gershon, K Kondo · PubMed · 913
Turnover of naive- and memory-phenotype T cells.
1994 · D F Tough, J Sprent · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 870
On the thymus in the differentiation of "H-2 self-recognition" by T cells: evidence for dual recognition?
1978 · R M Zinkernagel, G N Callahan, et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 862
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CD4+CD25+ T Cells Inhibit Both the Induction and Effector Function of Autoreactive T Cells and Represent a Unique Lineage of Immunoregulatory Cells
1998 · Elisabeth Suri-Payer, Anna Z Amar, et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 860
International Consensus Guidance for Management of Myasthenia Gravis
2020 · Pushpa Narayanaswami, Donald B. Sanders, et al. · Neurology · 813
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Infectious immunological tolerance.
1971 · R K Gershon, K Kondo · PubMed · 805
The Functions of the Thymus System and the Bursa System in the Chicken
1966 · Max D. Cooper, Raymond D. A. Peterson, et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 784
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Lifetime course of myasthenia gravis
2007 · David Grob, Norman Brunner, et al. · Muscle & Nerve · 733
Cell to Cell Interaction in the Immune Response
1968 · G. F. Mitchell, J. F. A. P. Miller · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 670
Effect of castration and sex hormone treatment on survival, anti-nucleic acid antibodies, and glomerulonephritis in NZB/NZW F1 mice.
1978 · J R Roubinian, N Talal, et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 636
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Surgical anatomy of human parathyroid glands.
1984 · G Akerström, J Malmaeus, et al. · PubMed · 622
Clinical correlates with anti-MuSK antibodies in generalized seronegative myasthenia gravis
2003 · A. Evoli · Brain · 616
Two gut intraepithelial CD8+ lymphocyte populations with different T cell receptors: a role for the gut epithelium in T cell differentiation.
1991 · D Guy-Grand, N Cerf-Bensussan, et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 598
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Practice parameter: Thymectomy for autoimmune myasthenia gravis (an evidence-based review) [RETIRED]
2000 · Gary S. Gronseth, Richard J. Barohn · Neurology · 576
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Maintenance of Peripheral Naive T Cells Is Sustained by Thymus Output in Mice but Not Humans
2012 · Ineke den Braber, Tendai Mugwagwa, et al. · Immunity · 570
Control of T‐cell activation by CD4+ CD25+ suppressor T cells
2001 · Ethan M. Shevach, Rebecca S. McHugh, et al. · Immunological Reviews · 546
Guidelines for treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular transmission disorders
2010 · G. O. Skeie, S. Apostolski, et al. · European Journal of Neurology · 515
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