Increased serum activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE): Symptom of sarcoidosis? A 'Bayesian' approach;Verhoogde serumactiviteit van angiotensineconverterend enzym (ACE): Aanwijzing voor sarcoïdose? Een 'Bayesiaanse' aanpak

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 473-476

  Kramers, C ^a   Deinum, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037443847     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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