Uveitis with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis in Chinese - A study of 60 patients in a uveitis clinic over a period of 20 years

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 492-496

  Chung, Yu Mei ^a   Lin, Ying Cheng ^a   Liu, Yin Tzu ^a   Chang, Shi Chuan ^a   Liu, Han Nan ^b   Hsu, Wen Hu ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Chinese; Sarcoid uveitis; Sarcoidosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UVEITIS;

EID: 37349058196     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70047-9     Document Type: Article

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