Cutaneous sarcoidosis in Asians: A report of 25 patients from Singapore

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-124

  Chong, W S ^a   Tan, H H ^a   Tan, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISOTRETINOIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGAPORE; SKIN NODULE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY PIERCING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SINGAPORE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 15044339461     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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