Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis triggered and exacerbated by oral 5-fluorouracil administration

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-196

  Kawachi, Yasuhiro ^a   Koike, Yumiko ^b   Kano, Toshiyuki ^b   Furuta, Junichi ^a   Fujisawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^a   Ishii, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takahashi, Takenori ^a   Otsuka, Fujio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; FLUOROURACIL; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42349086333     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0366     Document Type: Letter

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