Sarcoidosis in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-24

  Al Khouzaie, Thamer H ^a   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Al Subhi, Faisal M ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; lymphoma; sarcoidosis; Saudi Arabia; tuberculin skin test; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78650952022     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.74272     Document Type: Article

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