Sarcoidosis and opportunistic infections

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-77

  Sadikot, Ruxana T ^a,b   Doré, Phillip ^a   Arnold, Anthony G ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDNISOLONE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0035234168     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194010-00016     Document Type: Article

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