Sarcoidosis presenting in infancy: A rare occurrence

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-227

  Roy, Mona ^a   Sharma, Om P ^a,b   Chan, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythema nodosum; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Sarcoidosis; Skin rash; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

EID: 0032835044     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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