Two cases of chronic beryllium disease in Sweden;Det är svårt att skilja sarkoidos från beryllios!

Lakartidningen

Volumn 97, Issue 50, 2000, Pages 5915-5918

  Grunewald, Johan ^a,b   Eklund, Anders ^b  

^a Hjärt Lungfonden Finansierad Forskartjänst ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; BERYLLIOSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034645653     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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