Analysis of 87 patients with Lofgren's syndrome and the pattern of seasonality of subacute sarcoidosis

Demirkok S. S., Basaranoglu M., Dervis E., Bal M., Karayel T.

RESPIROLOGY, vol.11, no.4, pp.456-461, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1400-1843.2006.00874.x
  • Journal Name: RESPIROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.456-461
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown aetiology. The seasonality of sarcoidosis in symptomatic, recently diagnosed patients with Lofgren's syndrome was evaluated to help better understand the possible causative factor(s) in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis.