Sarcoidosis in the western region of Saudi Arabia

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-218

  Samman, Yaseen ^a   Ibrahim, Mahgoub ^a   Wali, Siraj ^a  

^a KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Manifestation; Sarcoidosis; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032883333     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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