Diagnostic value of peripheral lymph node biopsy in sarcoidosis: A report of 67 cases

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-211

  Yanardag, Halil ^a   Caner, Metin ^a   Papila, Irfan ^a   Uygun, Sedat ^a   Demirci, Sabriye ^a   Karayel, Tuncer ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Peripheral lymph node; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE DISEASE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SPLEEN DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSIL DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 34447637914     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/218947     Document Type: Article

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