Sarcoidosis: Are there differences in your skin of color patients?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121.e1-121.e14

  Heath, Candrice R ^a,b   David, Jennifer ^c   Taylor, Susan C ^a,d,e  

^a Society Hill Dermatology   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALLOPURINOL; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CHLOROQUINE; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; ISOTRETINOIN; METHOTREXATE; NITROGEN; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE; UREA;

ACNE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DIZZINESS; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRANULOMA; HAIR DISCOLORATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD DISORDER; MORPHOLOGY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN COLOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 83655163787     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.06.068     Document Type: Review

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