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  • Title: Effect of thymectomy on myasthenia gravis and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura in a 13-year-old girl.
    Author: Jansen PH, Renier WO, de Vaan G, Reekers P, Vingerhoets DM, Gabreëls FJ.
    Journal: Eur J Pediatr; 1987 Nov; 146(6):587-9. PubMed ID: 2962873.
    Abstract:
    We report the association of myasthenia gravis (MG) and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) in a 13-year-old girl. The co-existence of these autoimmune diseases is rare in adults and, to our knowledge, never described in children. In our patient thymectomy had a therapeutic effect on both MG and AITP, suggesting a altered T-cell function as a pathogenic factor of major importance in both affections.
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