| Literature DB >> 14966356 |
Mi Jeong Park1, Yun A Kim, Shin Seok Lee, Byeong Chae Kim, Myeong Kyu Kim, Ki Hyun Cho.
Abstract
We report two cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients who had undergone thymectomy. SLE developed in the patients 3 months or 13 yr after thymectomy, and polyarthritis was the main clinical manifestation of SLE. Both patients fulfilled at least four of the revised criteria for the classification of SLE. In this report, we describe two postthymectomy lupus patients and perform a comparative review of previous cases.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14966356 PMCID: PMC2822250 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2004.19.1.134
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Korean Med Sci ISSN: 1011-8934 Impact factor: 2.153