Maximal thymectomy for XXXX .

@entity1 @entity704 @entity1737 @entity3202 @entity8792 @entity934
Maximal thymectomy was carried out in 48 @entity1 with @entity1737 ( @entity1737 ). There were 18 males and 30 females. @entity8792 was found in 38, and @entity3202 thymus in 8, @entity1 . Two @entity1 had @entity704 . In the non-thymomatous @entity1737 complete remission was achieved in 16 @entity1 (34.8%) and pharmacological remission in 20 @entity1 (43.5%) thus giving a total remission in 36 (78.3%) @entity1 . Six @entity1 (13%) improved. There was no improvement in four @entity1 . Thus, the overall benefit from thymectomy was 91.4% in this series. We found that sex, age at onset of disease and steroid therapy influenced the outcome of thymectomy. On the other hand, duration of disease, anti- @entity934 receptor (AntiAchR) antibodies and thymic histology did not have any bearing on the complete remission rate.
