Clinical findings in 715 patients with newly detected pulmonary sarcoidosis results of a cooperative study in former West Germany and Switzerland

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-182

  Loddenkemper, Robert ^a,c   Kloppenborg, Angela ^a   Schoenfeld, Nicolas ^a   Grosser, Hans ^a   Costabel, Ulrich ^b  

^a Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

^c Lungenklinik Heckehorn   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Chest X ray; Clinical findings; Lysozyme; Pulmonary function tests; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LYSOZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0031686795     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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