Tab. II.
Clinical consequences of thymectomy | Author (reference) |
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Increased risk of autoimmune diseases and neurodegenerative diseases | Zlamy et al. [12] |
Lesser response to some vaccines (e.g., against tick-borne encephalitis) | Prelog et al. [17] |
Longer hospitalizations with typical infections | Kurobe et al. [22] |
No differences in disease incidence Longer recovery after infections |
Mancebo et al. [27] Cao et al. [30] |