Misdiagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with chronic beryllium disease

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-148

  Fireman, Elizabeth ^a,c   Haimsky, Ela ^b   Noiderfer, Meira ^a,c   Priel, Israel ^c   Lerman, Yehuda ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Natl Occup Environ Hlth Inst   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Berylliosis; Chronic Beryllium Diseases; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0037927503     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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