Strategies to enhance nasopharyngeal carcinoma screening in patients with adult-onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Iris Y K Tang^{1

2}, Teresa W L Li², Lucas T H Luk³, Brian Ho⁴, Roy Ho⁵, Billy T L Lai⁶, Patrick M L Lee⁷, Ho So⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
² Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
³ Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Hong Kong.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Yan Chai Hospital, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.
⁸ Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

Editorial

Iris Y K Tang et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;27(6):e15215.

doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.15215.

Iris Y K Tang^{1

2}, Teresa W L Li², Lucas T H Luk³, Brian Ho⁴, Roy Ho⁵, Billy T L Lai⁶, Patrick M L Lee⁷, Ho So⁸

¹ Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
² Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
³ Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Hong Kong.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Yan Chai Hospital, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.
⁸ Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

No abstract available

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