Efficacy of azathioprine as second-line treatment in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-92

  Lewis, Stephen J ^a   Ainslie, Gillian M ^a   Bateman, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Corticosteroids; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AZATHIOPRINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032954063     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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