Chylothorax Following Extended Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

C.-S. Huang; H.-S. Hsu; K.-P. Kao; C.-C. Hsieh; Y.-C. Wu; W.-H. Hsu; B.-S. Huang

doi:10.1055/s-2006-955882

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 55(4): 274-276
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955882

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Chylothorax Following Extended Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

C.-S. Huang¹ , H.-S. Hsu¹ , K.-P. Kao² , C.-C. Hsieh¹ , Y.-C. Wu¹ , W.-H. Hsu¹ , B.-S. Huang¹ ^, ³

¹Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
²Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
³Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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