The incidence of Lofgren's syndrome in Japanese: The number of patients affected, number of patients diagnosed and number of cases reported

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 745-746

  Ohno, Shigeru ^a   Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Lofgren's syndrome; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOFGREN SYNDROME; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ARTHRITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33746371416     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.0150     Document Type: Editorial

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