A case of dermatomyositis associated with chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-213

  Ito, Akiko ^a   Umeda, Maiko ^a   Koike, Tadashi ^a   Naruse, Satoshi ^a   Fujita, Nobuya ^a  

^a NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis; Dermatomyositis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYELOID METAPLASIA; SPLENOMEGALY; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MYELOFIBROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYELOFIBROSIS; PREDNISOLONE; SKIN;

EID: 33646568460     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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