Severe refractory sarcoidosis in a 64-year-old man with persistent leucopenia

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-58

  Adedayo, A O ^a,b   Grell, G A C ^a,b   Bellot, P ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; INDIA; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038069062     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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