The utility of positron emission tomography to find an occult neoplasm in a patient with dermatomyositis [5]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1418-1419

  Munoz M A ^a   Conejo Mir, J S ^b   Congregado Loscertales, M ^c   Holgado, C ^c   Moya, F ^d   Loscertales, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d Centro PET Cartuja   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 35648979010     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02220.x     Document Type: Letter

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