Dermatomyositis associated with thyroid cancer

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-205

  Fujita, Masaaki ^a   Hatachi, Saori ^a   Yagita, Masato ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949127146     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0642-4     Document Type: Article

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