Dermatomyositis sine myositis: Association with malignancy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Elizabeth Whitmore, S ^a,d   Watson, Rosemarie ^a,b   Rosenshein, Neil B ^a,b,c   Provost, Thomas T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins Medical Institution ^*

^c Division of Gynecologic Oncology   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyopathic dermatomyositis; Dermatomyositis sine myositis; Malignancy; Ovarian cancer; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NEOPLASMS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9044230118     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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