Sarcoidosis associated with an elevated serum CA 125 level: Description of a case and a review of the literature

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 441-443

  Kalluri, Meena ^a   Judson, Marc A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CA 125; Peritoneum; Sarcoidosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDNISONE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349091201     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180f60bc4     Document Type: Article

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