Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy in a woman with breast cancer: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Silvestre, Joana ^a   Santos, Luis ^a   Batalha, Vitor ^a   Del Rio, Ana ^a   Lima, Carlos ^a   Carvalho, Antonio ^a   Martins, Ana ^a   Miranda, Helena ^a   Cabral, Fatima ^a   Felix, Adelia ^a   Aleixo, Ana ^a  

^a Hospital of Santo Francisco Xavier   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GABAPENTIN; METHOTREXATE; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOREFLEXIA; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; MASTECTOMY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC NECROTIZING MYOPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 72849147171     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-95     Document Type: Article

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