Sarcoidosis in world trade center rescue workers presenting with rheumatologic manifestations

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-27

  Bowers, Brian ^a   Hasni, Sarfaraz ^b   Gruber, Barry L ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT SWELLING; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SARCOIDOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RESCUE WORK; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77950360821     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181c78856     Document Type: Article

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