Dermatomyositis and malignancy: Case report and review of the Japanese literature

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-275

  Hatada, Takuya ^a   Aoki, Ikuji ^a   Ikeda, Hidehiro ^a   Tamura, Tomoko ^a   Okada, Kaoru ^a   Nakai, Toru ^a   Utsunomiya, Joji ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bilateral breast cancer; dermatomyositis; malignancy; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029959450     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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