Polymyositis - An Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Malignancy: A Case Report

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Buckshee, Kamal ^a   Malhotra, Bhawna ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; POLYMYOSITIS;

CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 0032105092     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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