The treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1351-1361

  Judson, Marc A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Pulmonary; Sarcoidosis; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALOPECIA; BLOATING; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPHONIA; FATIGUE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETINA INJURY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RECURRENCE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84865243598     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.01.013     Document Type: Review

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