A case of dermatomyositis with significantly high level of KL-6 associated with ovarian cancer

Ryumachi

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 694-698

  Kodera, Masanari ^a   Usuda, Toshikazu ^a  

^a CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Interstitial pneumonia; KL 6; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN KL 6; MUSCLE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036695778     PISSN: 03009157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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