Rare Complication of Myositis in Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 444-445

  Kakishita, Eizo ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

chronic graft versus host disease; corticosteroid; myositis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; NOTE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOSITIS;

EID: 0034201293     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.444     Document Type: Article

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