A helpful clinical sign predictive of cancer in Adult Dermatomyositis: Cutaneous necrosis [1]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 539-

  Mahé, Emmanuel ^a   Descamps, Vincent ^b   Burnouf, Marielle ^b   Crickx, Béatrice ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ADULT; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NECROSIS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POLYMYOSITIS; SKIN;

EID: 0344837930     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.4.539-a     Document Type: Letter

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