Thymectomy in multiple sclerosis: A 3-year follow-up

John L. Trotter; David B. Clifford; Erwin B. Montgomery; Thomas B. Ferguson

doi:10.1212/wnl.35.7.1049

Thymectomy in multiple sclerosis: A 3-year follow-up

John L. Trotter
, David B. Clifford
, Erwin B. Montgomery
, Thomas B. Ferguson

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Abstract

We studied 34 MS patients who were treated experimentally by thymectomy with or without 1 year of azathioprine therapy. After 3 years, there was no evidence of benefit. Relapsing-remitting patients had done as well or better clinically than controls, and the chronic progressive group did less well statistically than controls.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1049-1051
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurology
Volume	35
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.35.7.1049
State	Published - Jul 1985

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