Isolated neurosarcoidosis presenting as anosmia and visual changes

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages S183-S186

  Kieff, David A ^a   Boey, Howard ^a   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Goodman, Max ^a,b   Joseph, Michael P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031448997     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70097-4     Document Type: Article

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