Case 2. Acquired hypertrichosis: A rare paraneoplastic syndrome in various cancers

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 523-524

  Slee, Peter H Th J ^a   Verzijlbergen, Fred J ^a   van Leeuwen, Jules H Schagen ^a   van der Waal, Rutger I F ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 33644846006     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.2443     Document Type: Article

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