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The risk of autoimmune disease in the thymectomy group was compared with that among age-, race-, and sex-matched controls in the first 5 years after surgery. The relative risk of autoimmune disease was increased among patients who had undergone thymectomy who did not have a history of preoperative infections, cancers, or autoimmune disease.
