Polymyalgia rheumatica and breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 199-200

  Keith, Michael P ^a   Gilliland, William R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Malignancy; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ONSET AGE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDNISONE;

EID: 33746872877     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000231359.41352.c0     Document Type: Article

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