Cutaneous sarcoidosis: The 'great imitator': Etiopathogenesis, morphology, differential diagnosis, and clinical management

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 375-382

  Tchernev, Georgi ^a,b,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALUMINUM; AZATHIOPRINE; BERYLLIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RIBAVIRIN; THALIDOMIDE; TITANIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZIRCONIUM; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34347240917     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200607060-00006     Document Type: Review

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