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Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus After Thymectomy for Myasthenia GravisStudies of Suppressor Cell Function
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO;
Jean-Francois Bach, MD;
Thomas Currie, DO;
Donald Vidt, MD;
John Clough, MD;
Randall S. Krakauer, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(2):253-255.
Abstract
• Systemic lupus erythematosus developed in an 18-year-old man three years after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. The patient had considerable defects in suppressor cell function that seemed to be partially reversed in vitro by the addition of thymic hormone.
(Arch Intern Med 141:253-255, 1981)
Author Affiliations
From the Division of Medicine, Departments of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease (Drs Calabrese, Currie, Clough, and Krakauer) and Hypertension and Nephrology (Dr Vidt), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Hopital Necker, Paris (Dr Bach).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 21, 1980.
Reprint requests to Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 (Dr Calabrese).
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