Bullous dermatomyositis: A marker of poor prognosis and aggressive internal malignancy?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-394

  Zangrilli, Arianna ^a   Papoutsaki, Marina ^a   Bianchi, Luca ^a   Teoli, Miriam ^a   Chimenti, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BULLOUS DERMATOMYOSITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 47749139696     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0455     Document Type: Letter

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