Sarcoidosis acutely involving the musculoskeletal system

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1471-1474

  Matsui, Kumiko ^a   Adachi, Mayumi ^a   Kawasaki, Yasufumi ^a   Matsuda, Kazuhiro ^a   Shinohara, Kenji ^a  

^a Yamaguchi Prefectural University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Erythema; Myalgia; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE PAIN; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PELVIC GIRDLE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; THIGH; ACUTE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 34548752886     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6375     Document Type: Article

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