Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity associated with severe pneumonia?
The severity of COPD including the airflow limitation grade and the presence of pulmonary emphysema were independently associated with the development of severe pneumonia.
Patients without AChR binding antibody are not likely to have a thymoma. StrAbs and AChR binding antibodies are not diagnostic for thymoma, but in early-onset MG their presence should raise the clinical suspicion for thymoma.