Conjunctival biopsy in sarcoidosis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 472-477

  Chung, Yu Mei ^a,b   Lin, Ying Cheng ^b   Huang, De Feng ^b   Hwang, De Kuang ^b   Ho, Donald M ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Conjunctiva; Granuloma; Sarcoidosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UVEITIS;

EID: 33750893588     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70311-9     Document Type: Article

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