Association of bullous pemphigoid and malignant neoplasms

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 665-667

  Cai, Sophie Carrie Shan ^a   Allen, John Carson ^a   Lim, Yen Loo ^b   Tan, Suat Hoon ^b   Tang, Mark Boon Yang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 84931096097     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.5263     Document Type: Letter

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