The ageing and myasthenic thymus: a morphometric study validating a standard procedure in the histological workup of thymic specimens.

Journal article

The thymus is believed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis (MG). The 80% of MG patients with anti-acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies fall into three clinical subgroups: 1) thymoma; 2) early-onset MG (

Authors: Ströbel, P; Moritz, R; Leite, M; Willcox, N; Chuang, W

• Journal: Journal of neuroimmunology
• Volume: 201-202
• Issue: C
• Pages: 64-73
• Publication date: 2008-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.06.017
• EISSN: 1872-8421
• ISSN: 0165-5728
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Thymus Neoplasms; Adult; Thymectomy; Thymus Gland; Immunohistochemistry; Myasthenia Gravis; Thymus Extracts; Adolescent; Sex Factors; Thymoma; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Aging; Age Factors; Reproducibility of Results; Child; Humans; Male