Preschool sarcoidosis mimicking juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: The significance of gallium scintigraphy and skin biopsy in the differential diagnosis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-78

  Sakurai, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakajima, Mitsuru ^a   Kamisue, Seiki ^a   Nishimura, Yaeko ^a   Ueda, Taku ^a   Miyagawa, Sachiko ^a   Hara, Tokuko ^a   Yoshioka, Akira ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallium scintigraphy; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Preschool sarcoidosis; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0031048907     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03560.x     Document Type: Article

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