Löfgren syndrome in Turkey

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 535-537

  Yanardag H ^a   Pamuk, O N ^b   Karayel, T ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Erythema nodosum; L fgren syndrome; Periarticular ankle inflammation; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOFGREN SYNDROME; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SYNDROME; TURKEY;

EID: 0345166820     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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