An unusual case of sarcoidosis in an adult patient with sickle cell disease: Management with methotrexate and low dose of steroid

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-

  Delmonte, Letizia ^a   Zamo, Alberto ^a   Cantini, Maurizio ^a   De Franceschi, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYTAPHERESIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84874306256     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23378     Document Type: Letter

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