Association of peripheral multifocal choroiditis with sarcoidosis: A study of thirty-seven patients

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 974-982

  Abad, S ^a   Meyssonier, V ^b   Allali, J ^b   Gouya, H ^b   Giraudet, A L ^b   Monnet, D ^b   Parc, C ^b   Tenenbaum, F ^b   Alberini, J L ^b   Grabar, S ^b   Pesce, F ^b   Rollot, F ^b   Sicard, D ^b   Dhote, R ^b   Blanche, P ^b   Brezin A P ^b  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hop Cochin St Vincent de Paul ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Gallium scintigraphy; Methotrexate; Peripheral multifocal choroiditis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GALLIUM; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10644259573     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20839     Document Type: Article

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