Successful treatment of hepatic sarcoidosis with hormone replacement in a postmenopausal woman

Respirology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-261

  Chida, Kingo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0032884647     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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