National survey on status of steroid therapy for cardiac sarcoidosis in Japan

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 210-213

  Hiramitsu, Shinya ^a   Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^a   Uemura, Akihisa ^a   Kato, Yasuchika ^a   Kimura, Katsutomo ^a   Ohtsuki, Masatsugu ^a   Kato, Shigeru ^a   Sugiura, Atsushi ^a   Miyagishima, Kenji ^a   Hishida, Hitoshi ^a   Sugisaki, Katsunori ^b   Tsuda, Tomiyasu ^c  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nishibeppu National Hospital   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; Corticosteroid therapy; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 27944471885     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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