Older Sarcoidosis Patients: Experience of a Medical Center in Turkey

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 472-474

  Yanardaǧ, Halil ^a   Pamuk, Ömer Nuri ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Erythema nodosum; L fgren syndrome; Old age; Sarcoidosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOFGREN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SARCOIDOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEITIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KVEIM TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULIN TEST; TURKEY;

EID: 2442572345     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200405000-00011     Document Type: Article

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