Vertebral sarcoidosis: An unusual presentation

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-156

  Ertürk, Arzu ^a,b   Ertürk, I Özcan ^a   Gülhan, Meral ^a   Canbakan, Sema ^a   Inönü, Handan ^a   Demiraǧ, Funda ^a   Çapan, Nermin ^a  

^a Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Vertebral sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DEFLAZACORT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PREDNISONE;

BONE BIOPSY; BONE DISEASE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 41149142393     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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