Epithelial Tumors of the Thymus Pathology, Biology, Treatment

Proceedings of the First Conference on the Biological and Clinical Aspects of Thymic Epithelial Tumors held in Würzburg, Germany, April 14-18, 1996

Histological and Immunological Characterization of Thymic Epithelial Tumors and Their Differential Diagnoses. Classification of Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms; L. Harris. Thymic Carcinoma; Y. Shiosato. Altered T Cell Functions in Thymic Epithelial Tumors. T Cell Development in the Human Thymus; B. Vandekerkhove. Intrathymic Autoantigens and Their Role in Shaping of the Autoimmune T Lymphocyte Repertoire; H. Weberle. Paraneoplastic Autoimmunity. Thymoma and Autoimmune Neurological Disorders: A Search for Missing Links in Pathogenesis; A. Vincent. t-Cell Derived Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis; A. Lefvert. Diagnosis and Therapy of Thymic Epithelial Tumors. Clinical Immunology of Thymic Tumors in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis; A. Aarli. 1 Myasthenia Gravis with Thymoma; H.J.G.H. Oosterhuis. Management of Thymectomized Patients. Aspects of Clinical Preparation of Thymectomy in Myasthenic Cases with or without Thymoma and the Clinico-biological Follow-Up of the Thymectomized Patients; F. Cornelio. Longterm Prognosis of Patients with Thymoma-Associated Myasthenia Gravis; B.C.G. Schalke. 40 Additional Articles. Index.