Polymyositis - An unusual manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 169-170

  George, Biju ^a   Danda, Debashis ^a   Chandy, Mammen ^a   Srivastava, Alok ^a   Mathews, Vikram ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic GVHD; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MUSCLE ENZYME; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; POLYMYOSITIS; RECURRENCE; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035034270     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960000091     Document Type: Article

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