A case of sarcoidosis in which sarocoid granulomas were observed only in the heart

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-367

  Nozaki, Ichiro ^a   Hamada, Toshio ^c   Ikeda, Takayuki ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tsuruga Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP); Congestive heart failure; Human atrial natriuretic peptide (HANP); Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM; LYSOZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; JAPAN; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG CONGESTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21644433248     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.364     Document Type: Article

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