Polymyalgia rheumatica in a melanoma patient due to nivolumab treatment

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant number JP 26460901.

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  1. Division of Clinical Medicine, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan

    Kiyotaka Nakamagoe, Tetuya Moriyama, Shinya Tanaka & Akira Tamaoka

  2. Division of Clinical Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Hiroshi Maruyama & Manabu Fujimoto

  3. Division of Clinical Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Masahiro Yokosawa

  4. Division of Clinical Medicine, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Tadashi Hara

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Nakamagoe, K., Moriyama, T., Maruyama, H. et al. Polymyalgia rheumatica in a melanoma patient due to nivolumab treatment. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 143, 1357–1358 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-017-2410-x

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Keywords

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  • Biceps Brachii
  • Morning Stiffness
  • Tenosynovitis
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica