Dermatomyositis and malignancy: A retrospective study of 115 cases

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Jiang, Shan Ping ^a   Huang, Liwen ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Lung cancer; Malignancy; Nasopharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COLON CANCER; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65649150038     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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