Interferon-induced pulmonary sarcoidosis

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 441-443

  Farah, Raymond ^a   Farah, R ^b   Makhoul, N ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b Leumit Health Care Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Granuloma; Interferon; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

EID: 24944549179     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP43441     Document Type: Article

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