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Hosoya, Shigee
Kataoka, Mikio
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Nakata, Yasunari
Maeda, Tsuyoshi
Nishizaki, Hiroshi
Hioka, Tohru
Mori, Yoshihiro
Ejiri, Tougo
Shiomi, Katsuhiko
Ueoka, Hiroshi
Numata, Takeyuki
Nishii, Kenji
Kodani, Tsuyoshi
Moritani, Yoshiaki
Ohnoshi, Taisuke
Kimura, Ikuro
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Abstract | Clinical features were studied in 125 patients with sarcoidosis (72 females and 53 males) diagnosed at Okayama University Hospital during a recent 10-year period. The age distribution had two peaks in patients in their 20s and the 50s. Over half of the patients were detected at health screening check and were asymptomatic, while the remaining were symptomatic. Twelve patients were in stage 0, 41 were in stage I, 54 were in stage II, 16 were in stage III, and 2 were in stage IV according to the chest x-ray findings. Serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels and serum lysozyme levels were elevated in 60% and 76% of the patients, respectively. The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid showed lymphocytosis, especially of helper T-cells. The clinical features of sarcoidosis appear to depend on the duration of the disease. |
Keywords | sarcoidosis
serum angiotesin converting enzyme
bronchoalveolar lavage
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Amo Type | Article
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 1992-02
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Volume | volume46
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Issue | issue1
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 31
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End Page | 36
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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File Version | publisher
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