Eight fundamental unsolved problems in sarcoidosis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Reich, Jerome M ^a  

^a Portland   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Incidence; Kveim; Prognosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; HELPER CELL; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; KVEIM TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX ROLE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 4644293574     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.04.013     Document Type: Review

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