Successful cure of dermatomyositis after treatment of nonseminomatous testicular cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 593-595

  Yoshinaga, Atsushi ^a   Hayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Ishii, Nobuyuki ^a   Ohno, Rena ^a   Watanabe, Toru ^a   Yamada, Takumi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GONADOTROPIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METASTASIS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CISPLATIN; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23244431563     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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