Cost-effectiveness in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis: The conjunctival biopsy

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 959-962

  Leavitt, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Conjunctiva; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONJUNCTIVA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GRANULOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; STAINING; TISSUE;

EID: 0032427779     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.248     Document Type: Article

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