Stiff-person syndrome: A rare presentation for breast cancer [1]

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 552-553

  Kocak, Ergun ^a   Abdessalam, Shahab ^a   Walker, Michael J ^a   Nuovo, Gerard J ^a   Kissel, John T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LIMB PAIN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; SPASTICITY; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER EXTREMITY; PAIN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SPASM; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 8744289749     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2004.21506.x     Document Type: Letter

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