Course of asymptomatic liver involvement in sarcoidosis: Role of therapy in selected cases

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-76

  Vatti, Rani ^a   Sharma, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Hepatic granuloma; Liver sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRANULOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHLOROQUINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0030896101     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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