Pulmonary sarcoidosis and antiphospholipid syndrome

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 506-508

  Takahashi, Fumiyuki ^a   Toba, Michie ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Tominaga, Shigeru ^a   Sato, Koichi ^a   Morio, Yoshiteru ^a   Nakao, Yuta ^a   Tajima, Ken ^a   Miura, Kayo ^a   Uekusa, Toshimasa ^b   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THORAX; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744758277     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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