A case of concomitant tuberculosis and sarcoidosis with mycobacterial DNA present in the sarcoid lesion

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Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 626-

  Wong, Chi Fong ^a   Yew, Wing Wai ^a   Wong, Poon Chuen ^a   Lee, Joseph ^a  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG INFILTRATE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SARCOIDOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 15644383834     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-3692(15)47782-7     Document Type: Article

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