Multiple paraneoplastic syndromes: Myasthenia gravis, vitiligo, alopecia areata, and oral lichen planus associated with thymoma

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 177-179

  Qiao, Jianjun ^a   Zhou, Guangan ^b   Ding, Yingguo ^a   Zhu, Dingxian ^a   Fang, Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIAN CITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Lichen planus; Multiple paraneoplastic syndromes; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH LICHEN PLANUS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; VITILIGO; WEAKNESS;

ALOPECIA AREATA; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VITILIGO;

EID: 80051590560     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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