Dermatomyositis associated with thyroid cancer: A paraneoplastic syndrome?

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1261-1262

  Nagashima, Takao ^a   Onishi, Sachiko ^a   Kamata, Yasuyuki ^a   Minota, Seiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 68149128532     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0858-y     Document Type: Letter

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