Dermatomyositis and esophageal cancer

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 777-779

  Iftikhar, Imran ^a   Abdelmannan, Dima ^a   Daw, Hamed A ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Esophageal carcinoma; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RASH; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS;

EID: 33745968600     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000215732.28409.af     Document Type: Article

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