Granulomatous myositis, primary biliary cirrhosis, pancytopenia, and thymoma

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1133-1136

  Herrmann, David N ^a   Blaivas, Mila ^b   Wald, John J ^b   Feldman, Eva L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Granulomatous myopathy; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MYOSITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PREDNISONE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033917720     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200007)23:7<1133::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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