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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101336

OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. THE EFFECT OF THYMECTOMY ON NEURO-MUSCULAR TRANSMISSION

A. M. Harvey, J. L. Lilienthal Jr., and S. A. Talbot

Department of Medicine, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore

Laboratory of Physiological Optics, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore

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Aided in part by a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

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Department of Medicine, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore

Laboratory of Physiological Optics, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore

1

Aided in part by a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

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Department of Medicine, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore

Laboratory of Physiological Optics, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore

1

Aided in part by a grant from the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

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Published September 1, 1942 - More info

Published in Volume 21, Issue 5 on September 1, 1942
J Clin Invest. 1942;21(5):579–588. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101336.
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