Fatal giant cell myocarditis after thymoma resection in myasthenia gravis.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France.

Published: February 2006

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