Malignancies associated with dermatomyositis and polymyositis in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 854-860

  Huang, Y L ^a,b   Chen, Y J ^a,c   Lin, M W ^a,b   Wu, C Y ^c,d   Liu, P C ^a   Chen, T J ^b   Chen, Y C ^b   Jih, J S ^a,b   Chen, C C ^a,b   Lee, D D ^a,b   Chang, Y T ^a,b   Wang, W J ^a,b   Liu, H N ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Malignancy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POLYMYOSITIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349313600     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09274.x     Document Type: Article

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