Analysis of 87 patients with Löfgren's syndrome and the pattern of seasonality of subacute sarcoidosis

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 456-461

  Sipahi Demirkok, Sevtap ^a,e   Basaranoglu, Metin ^b   Dervis, Emine ^c   Bal, Mert ^d   Karayel, Tuncer ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Dermatology Department   (Turkey)

^d YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Sarcoidosis; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33744741611     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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