Seasonality of the onset of symptoms, Tuberculin test anergy and Kveim positive reaction in a large cohort of patients with sarcoidosis

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 591-593

  Demirkok, Sevtap Sipahi ^a,d   Basaranoglu, Metin ^b   Çoker, Elif ^c   Karayel, Tuncer ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIMAR SINAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kveim reaction; Onset of symptom; Sarcoidosis; Seasonality; Tuberculin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONAL ANERGY; HUMAN; KVEIM TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

HUMANS; KVEIM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEASONS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TURKEY;

EID: 34250754359     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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