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Robotic-assisted minimally invasive thymectomy for myasthenia gravis with thymoma
Katherine W Su1, James D Luketich1, Inderpal S Sarkaria1
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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