Neurosarcoidosis: How good are the diagnostic tests?

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-189

  Lynch III, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0141681056     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200309000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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