Familial sarcoidosis in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-503

  Perng, Reury Perng ^a,b   Chou, Kun Ta ^a   Chu, Hsi ^a   Chung, Yu Mei ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Familial sarcoidosis; Human leukocyte antigen

Indexed keywords

HLA A11 ANTIGEN; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA A24 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA B39 ANTIGEN; HLA B48 ANTIGEN; HLA CW4 ANTIGEN; HLA CW7 ANTIGEN; HLA CW8 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ6 ANTIGEN; HLA DR8 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 34447322781     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60301-6     Document Type: Article

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