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The prevalence, clinical features, predictive factors and investigations to screen for cancer in patients with inflammatory myositis
A case series from two tertiary care centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ghassan Aljohani, Eman A. Bin Awad, Khalid Alshahrani, Mubark M. Alsaqar, Bashayer Albogami, Saleh H. Almotywee, Hisham Almaimouni, Abdullah S. Dirar, Abdulrahman Alrashid, Rajkumar Rajendram, Emad Masuadi and Mohammed A. Omair
Saudi Medical Journal January 2021, 42 (1) 100-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.1.25590
Ghassan Aljohani
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Eman A. Bin Awad
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Khalid Alshahrani
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mubark M. Alsaqar
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bashayer Albogami
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saleh H. Almotywee
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hisham Almaimouni
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah S. Dirar
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Alrashid
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Rajkumar Rajendram
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Emad Masuadi
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. Omair
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Ghassan Aljohani, Eman A. Bin Awad, Khalid Alshahrani, Mubark M. Alsaqar, Bashayer Albogami, Saleh H. Almotywee, Hisham Almaimouni, Abdullah S. Dirar, Abdulrahman Alrashid, Rajkumar Rajendram, Emad Masuadi, Mohammed A. Omair
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2021, 42 (1) 100-104; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.1.25590
The prevalence, clinical features, predictive factors and investigations to screen for cancer in patients with inflammatory myositis
Ghassan Aljohani, Eman A. Bin Awad, Khalid Alshahrani, Mubark M. Alsaqar, Bashayer Albogami, Saleh H. Almotywee, Hisham Almaimouni, Abdullah S. Dirar, Abdulrahman Alrashid, Rajkumar Rajendram, Emad Masuadi, Mohammed A. Omair
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