Dermatomyositis associated with invasive thymoma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-159

  Ago, Tetsuro ^a   Nakamura, Minoru ^a   Iwata, Isao ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^b   Okuma, Kazu ^a   Tsuru, Tomomi ^a   Kaji, Yoshikazu ^a   Hayashida, Kazuhiro ^a   Niho, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN; THYMOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033073438     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.155     Document Type: Article

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