A case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-59

  Kijima, Yuko ^a   Yoshinaka, Heiji ^a   Higuchi, Itsuro ^a   Owaki, Tetsuhiro ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Breast cancer; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20844444350     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2325/jbcs.12.57     Document Type: Article

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