Sarcoidosis in infancy: A case with pulmonary involvement as a cardinal manifestation

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 258-260

  Tsagris, V A ^a,b   Liapi Adamidou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Infancy; Methotrexate; Pulmonary; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM; METHOTREXATE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033066562     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051063     Document Type: Article

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