1. Comparison of Conservative Treatment and Thymectomy on Myasthenia Gravis Outcome 
Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Philip Kent Paschal, Bian Liu, PhD, Andrew J Kaufman, MD, Raja M. Flores, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 102, Issue 6, Pages (December 2016)
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2. Fig 1
Summary of search and selection strategy (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses diagram).
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3. Fig 2
Remission proportion with thymectomy. (CI = confidence interval.)
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4. Fig 3
Remission proportion with medical treatment. (CI = confidence interval.)
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5. Fig 4
Pooled odds ratio (OR) of remission with thymectomy compared with medication (conservative treatment). (CI = confidence interval.)
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6. Fig 5
Funnel plot of the odds ratio (OR) of studies comparing thymectomy with medical treatment.
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7. Fig 6
Pooled odds ratio (OR) of remission with thymectomy compared with medication in studies including patients with thymoma. (CI = confidence interval)
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