Sarcoidosis in residents of northern Israel of Arabic and Jewish origin: A comparative study

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 586-591

  Yigla, Mordechai ^a,b   Badarna Abu Ria, Nahal ^a   Goralnik, Luda ^a   Rubin, Ami Hai E ^a   Weiler Ravell, Daniel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabic; Ethnicity; Jewish; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33746890811     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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