Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of sarcoidosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3184-3192

  Ebert, Ellen C ^a   Kierson, Malca ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRANULOMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN INJURY; STAINING; STOMACH ANTRUM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; PANCREAS DISEASE; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ASCITES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 58149384455     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02202.x     Document Type: Review

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