A polymyalgia rheumatica-like syndrome as presentation of metastatic cancer

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 305-308

  Naschitz, Jochanan E ^a,b   Slobodin, Gleb ^a,b   Yeshurun, Daniel ^a,b   Rozenbaum, Michael ^a,b   Rosner, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Cancer; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA;

EID: 0030442690     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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