Primary lung cancer associated with polymyositis/dermatomyositis, with a review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-84

  Fujita, J ^a   Tokuda, M ^a   Bandoh, S ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Fukunaga, Y ^a   Hojo, S ^a   Ueda, Y ^a   Dobashi, N ^a   Dohmoto, K ^a   Ishida, T ^a   Takahara, J ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Polymyositis dermatomyositis; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034466477     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960000070     Document Type: Article

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