Exacerbation of amyopathic dermatomyositis in Orientals: A high alert for nasopharyngeal carcinoma [2]

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-78

  Ee, Hock Leong ^a   Ng, Patricia P L ^a   Tan, Suat Hoon ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; EARLY ANTIGEN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; NASAL BIOPSY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SKIN;

EID: 1542374156     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00037.x     Document Type: Letter

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