Is it difficult to diagnose sarcoidosis?

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-332

  Kvale, Paul A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0037332034     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.2.330     Document Type: Editorial

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