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Extrathymic Tumors in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis, A 35-Year Retrospective Study
The Neurologist 12:53-55, Wakata,N.,et al, 2006
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Article Abstract
Cancer risk in patients with myasthenia gravis is 2.6%, similar to that of the general population in Japan. We neurologists need to be aware that prolonged immunosuppression may favor the development of malignancy.
 
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