Sarcoidosis: An under-recognised cause for bullous lung disease?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 999-1001

  Jeebun, V ^a   Forrest, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PREDNISOLONE; SHORT ACTING DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70349639901     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00084609     Document Type: Letter

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