Cutaneous sarcoidosis in Tunisia

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-185

  Khaled, A ^a,c   Souissi, A ^a   Zeglaoui, F ^a   Mokhtar, I ^b   Ezzine, N ^a   Fazaa, B ^a   Kamoun, M R ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB THAMEUR HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis, therapy

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

EID: 46749098269     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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