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Sarcoidosis.
- Source :
- Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases; 2008, p514-522, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Systemic inflammatory disorder with noncaseating granulomatous inflammation in affected organs, commonly involving the lungs, eyes, skin, joints, lymph nodes, and upper respiratory tract.Diagnosis attained via consensus between the clinical presentation and natural history, pattern of major organ involvement, confirmatory biopsy, and response to therapy.■ When treatment is indicated, glucocorticoids remain the only recognized effective therapy for active sarcoidosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9780387356648
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Book
- Accession number :
- 33756981
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_67