Pleural dissemination of thymoma showing tumor regression after combined corticosteroid and tacrolimus therapy

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 575-577

  Taguchi, Takafumi ^a   Suehiro, Tadashi ^a   Toru, Kagawa ^a   Ogami, Naoko ^a   Takata, Hiroshi ^a   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Invasive thymoma; Myasthenia gravis; Pleural dissemination; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLEURA TUMOR; RECURRENT DISEASE; THYMOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 37849189178     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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