Unexpected only pulmonary manifestation of sarcoidosis

B. Bodmann; V. Havranek; M. Kneussl; J. Czernin; P. Knoll; S. Mirzaei

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1621652

Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nuklearmedizin 2011; 50(06): N64-N65
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1621652

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

Unexpected only pulmonary manifestation of sarcoidosis

B. Bodmann

¹Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumonology, Wilhelminenspital Wien and Medical University of Vienna

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V. Havranek

¹Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumonology, Wilhelminenspital Wien and Medical University of Vienna

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M. Kneussl

¹Department of Internal Medicine and Pneumonology, Wilhelminenspital Wien and Medical University of Vienna

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J. Czernin

²Ahmanson Biological Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, USA

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P. Knoll

³Department of Nuclear Medicine with PET-center, Wilhelminen spital Wien and Medical University of Vienna, Austria

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S. Mirzaei

³Department of Nuclear Medicine with PET-center, Wilhelminen spital Wien and Medical University of Vienna, Austria

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