Gastrointestinal sarcoidosis. A review

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-11

  Adler, Matthew ^a,b   Burroughs, Andrew ^a   Beynon, Huw ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal sarcoidosis; Hepatobiliary sarcoidosis; Liver sarcoidosis; Spleen sarcoidosis; Stomach sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX; BILE DUCT; BIOPSY; COLON BIOPSY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; GALLBLADDER BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL SARCOIDOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PAROTID BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN BIOPSY; STOMACH BIOPSY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 36549058709     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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