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Prevalence of factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis patients in Thailand

Somsak Tiamkao, Sineenard Pranboon, Kaewjai Thepsuthammarat and Kittisak Sawanyawisuth
Neurosciences Journal October 2014, 19 (4) 286-290;
Somsak Tiamkao
From the Department of Medicine (Tiamkao, Sawanyawisuth), the Clinical Epidemiology Unit (Thepsuthammarat), Faculty of Medicine, the Nursing Division (Pranboon), Srinagarind Hospital, the Integrated Epilepsy Research Group (Tiamkao, Pranboon), the North-Eastern Stroke Research Group (Tiamkao), and the Research Center in Back, Neck Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (Sawanyawisuth), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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From the Department of Medicine (Tiamkao, Sawanyawisuth), the Clinical Epidemiology Unit (Thepsuthammarat), Faculty of Medicine, the Nursing Division (Pranboon), Srinagarind Hospital, the Integrated Epilepsy Research Group (Tiamkao, Pranboon), the North-Eastern Stroke Research Group (Tiamkao), and the Research Center in Back, Neck Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (Sawanyawisuth), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Kaewjai Thepsuthammarat
From the Department of Medicine (Tiamkao, Sawanyawisuth), the Clinical Epidemiology Unit (Thepsuthammarat), Faculty of Medicine, the Nursing Division (Pranboon), Srinagarind Hospital, the Integrated Epilepsy Research Group (Tiamkao, Pranboon), the North-Eastern Stroke Research Group (Tiamkao), and the Research Center in Back, Neck Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (Sawanyawisuth), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Kittisak Sawanyawisuth
From the Department of Medicine (Tiamkao, Sawanyawisuth), the Clinical Epidemiology Unit (Thepsuthammarat), Faculty of Medicine, the Nursing Division (Pranboon), Srinagarind Hospital, the Integrated Epilepsy Research Group (Tiamkao, Pranboon), the North-Eastern Stroke Research Group (Tiamkao), and the Research Center in Back, Neck Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (Sawanyawisuth), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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