A case report of a patient with dermatomyositis as a prodromal sign of lung cancer

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-147

  Przybylski, Grzegorz ^a   Jarzemska, Agnieszka ^a   Czerniak, Jarosław ^a   Siemia̧tkowska, Krystyna ^b   Gadzińska, Aleksandra ^a   Cieśliński, Krzysztof ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Regional Center of Pulmonology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Lung cancer; Paraneoplastic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41749118699     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.336     Document Type: Article

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