Palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome: A sign of ovarian malignancy

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 473-475

  Yogarajah, Mahinda ^a   Soh, Jade ^a   Lord, Breck ^a   Goddard, Nicholas ^a   Stratton, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PALMAR FASCIITIS; PELVIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 51849163822     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.080060     Document Type: Article

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