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Paraneoplastic Anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutary-coenzyme A Reductase Antibody-positive Immune-mediated Necrotizing Myopathy in a Patient with Uterine Cancer

We report the case of a 69-year-old woman with proximal limb muscle weakness, who received post-operative chemotherapy for uterine cancer. Her serum creatinine kinase level was high (10,779 mg/dL) and a muscle biopsy from her left biceps revealed various sizes of muscle fibers accompanied by necroti...

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Autores principales: Mizuma, Atsushi, Kouchi, Maiko, Netsu, Shizuka, Yutani, Sachiko, Kitao, Ruriko, Suzuki, Shigeaki, Murata, Kenya, Nagata, Eiichiro, Takizawa, Shunya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717093
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.8134