Fatigue in sarcoidosis: Incompletely understood, inadequately treated

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 470-471

  Sharma, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84864874210     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283541232     Document Type: Editorial

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