Sarcoidosis in developing countries

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 448-454

  Jindal, Surinder K ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRANULOMA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0033883646     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200009000-00011     Document Type: Review

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