Sarcoidosis involving the musculoskeletal system

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 555-570

  Zisman, David A ^b   Shorr, Andrew F ^c   Lynch III, Joseph P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular; Bone; Muscle; Musculoskeletal; Myopathy; Osseous; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSEOUS SARCOIDOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; UVEITIS;

EID: 0036919049     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36520     Document Type: Article

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