Contemporaneous pulmonary sarcoidosis and chronic myeloid leukemia [1]

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-

  Pavithran, Keechilat ^a   Doval, Dinesh C ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic myeloid leukemia; Imatinib; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3242690658     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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