Paraneoplastic polymyositis associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

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Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1721-1723

  Gabrilovich, Mikhail ^a,b   Raza, Mohammad ^a   Dolan, Stephen ^a   Raza, Tasleem ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMYOSITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKING; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33745147604     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.6.1721     Document Type: Article

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