Outcome after Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy in Children and Adolescents with Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody-Positive Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis

Neuropediatrics. 2017 Aug;48(4):315-322. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603775. Epub 2017 Jun 19.

Authors

Adela Della Marina¹, Heike Kölbel¹, Maximilian Müllers¹, Olaf Kaiser¹, Mahmoud Ismail², Marc Swierzy², Jens-Carsten Rueckert², Ulrike Schara¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuropediatrics, Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Children's Hospital 1, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
² Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 28628938
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603775

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Autoantibodies / metabolism
Child
Cholinesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
Length of Stay
Male
Myasthenia Gravis / immunology
Myasthenia Gravis / surgery*
Plasma Exchange
Postoperative Complications
Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology
Robotic Surgical Procedures*
Thymectomy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Autoantibodies
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunologic Factors
Receptors, Cholinergic