Previously undiagnosed sarcoidosis in a patient presenting with leonine facies and complete heart block

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 712-714

  Ford, Peter G ^a   Jorizzo, Joseph L ^a   Hitchcock, Michael G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOBETASOL; FLUOCINONIDE; LORAZEPAM; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034093893     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.136.6.712     Document Type: Article

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