Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung - A rare entity with atypical onset: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Acciavatti, Angela ^a   Avolio, Tiziana ^a   Rappuoli, Simone ^a   Foderi, Luca ^a   Soldati, Vittoria ^a   Franchi, Massimo ^a   Volpi, Nila ^a   Nuti, Ranuccio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Paraneoplastic myopathy; Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ASSAY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PARANEOPLASTIC NECROTIZING MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84876958288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-112     Document Type: Article

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