Sarcoidosis and cancer revisited: A long-term follow-up study of 555 Danish sarcoidosis patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 906-912

  Romer F K ^a,b   Hommelgaard, P ^a   Schou, G ^c  

^a SILKEBORG REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Neoplasm; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031782595     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12040906     Document Type: Article

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