Sarcoidosis: A delayed or missed diagnosis in children

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-223

  Al Mayouf, Sulaiman M ^a   Al Sonbul, Abdullah ^a   Al Jumaah, Suleiman ^a   Al Hemidan, Amal ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33745963934     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.220     Document Type: Review

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