Differences in Clinical Findings between Caucasians and African Americans with Biopsy-Proven Sarcoidosis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Evans, Monica ^a   Sharma, Om ^a   LaBree, Laurie ^a   Smith, Ronald E ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYE BIOPSY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UVEITIS;

EID: 33846493476     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.074     Document Type: Article

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