Polymyositis with atypical pathological features associated with thymic carcinoma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Azuma, Yumiko ^a   Shiga, Kensuke ^a   Ishii, Ryotaro ^a   Yamaguchi, Tatsuyuki ^a   Niwa, Fumitoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Masanori ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended thymectomy; Perifascicular atrophy; Polymyositis; Steroid; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; RASH; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TENDON REFLEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; CREATINE KINASE, MM FORM; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61749104606     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1136     Document Type: Article

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