1. A histologic reappraisal of the thymus in myasthenia gravis;Alpert, L.I.; Papatestas, A.; Kark, A.; Osserman, R.S.; Osserman, K.;Archives of Pathology,1971
2. An alternative hypothesis, advanced by,1966
3. Evidence for a serum-factor secreted by the human thymus;Levasseur, P.; Le Brigand, H.;Lancet,1972
4. autoimmune reaction 'thymitis' and releases excessive amounts of a postulated neuromuscular transmission inhibiting hormone 'thymin' has several flaws. Firstly, the presence of lymphoid follicles in human thymus which;Mackay et al; term 'thymitis' is not specific for myasthenia gravis. Lymphoid follicles are readily detectable in many young subjects who die suddenly (Middleton, 1967), or who have operations to correct congenital heart disease (Henry, 1968; Vetters and Barclay,1968
5. Myasthenia gravis: report of a case with necropsy;Barton, F.E.; Branch, C.F.;Journal of the American Medical Association,1937