Bronchopulmonary Carcinoid Tumor Presenting With Polymyositis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1276-1278

  Nicotera, Saila P ^a   Miller, Evan C ^a   Nghiem, Francine Ton ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^a   Michaud, Gaetane ^a   Kent, Michael S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 77949549057     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.054     Document Type: Article

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