Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the parotid gland in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 848-850

  Mok, Mo Yin ^a   Shek, Wai Hung ^a   Wong, Raymond Woon Sing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Lympho epithelial lesion; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Salivary gland tumour

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AURANOFIN; AZATHIOPRINE; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NYSTATIN; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RPL22 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AZATHIOPRINE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 1842867949     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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