Neurosarcoidosis: A personal perspective based on the study of 37 patients

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 220-228

  Sharma, Om P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Bilateral hilar adenopathy; Facial palsy; Neurosarcoidosis; Noncaseating granulomas; Papilloedema; Polyneuritis; Polyneuropathy; Sarcoidosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030800217     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.1.220     Document Type: Review

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