Sarcoidosis diagnosed in elderly subjects: Retrospective study of 30 cases

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1423-1430

  Chevalet, Pascal ^a   Clément, Renaud ^a   Rodat, Olivier ^a   Moreau, Anne ^a   Brisseau, Jean Marie ^a   Clarke, Jean Patrick ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Accessory salivary gland biopsy; Elderly subjects; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ITRACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISOLONE; THALIDOMIDE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 8744261955     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1423     Document Type: Article

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