Age-related differences in chest radiographic staging of sarcoidosis in Japan

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1810-1812

  Sawahata, Michiru ^a   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Nakayama, Masayuki ^a   Mato, Naoko ^a   Yamasawa, Hideaki ^a   Bando, Masashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BILATERAL HILAR LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAGING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; FOLLOW UP; JAPAN; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901831616     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00005414     Document Type: Letter

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