Growth of acid fast L forms from the blood of patients with sarcoidosis

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 530-533

  Almenoff, Peter L ^a,b,c   Johnson, Alva ^a,d   Lesser, Marvin ^b,c   Mattman, Lida H ^e  

^a Hampton VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

L form; Mycobacterium; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0029994309     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.5.530     Document Type: Article

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