Dermatomyositis following the diagnosis of ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1124-1126

  Ben Zvi, Nana ^a   Shani, A ^a   Ben Baruch, G ^b   Agmon Levin, N ^a   Sthoeger, Z ^a   Huszar, M ^a   Ben Arie, A ^a   Dgani, R ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBOPLATIN; CREATINE KINASE; DOCETAXEL; GEMCITABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 30944467476     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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