The clinical spectrum of the sarcoid peripheral lymph node

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-80

  Rizzato, Gianfranco ^a,b   Montemurro, Lidia ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GLUS; Idiopathic granulomatosis of peripheral lymph nodes; Lymph node presentation; Sarcoid reaction; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM 67;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034060183     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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