Respiratory failure and hypoventilation secondary to neurosarcoidosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4 PART I, 1998, Pages 1316-1318

  Robinson, Lawrence R ^a,b   Brownsberger, Robert ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SARCOIDOSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOVENTILATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0031968905     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9704068     Document Type: Article

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