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With only a few exceptions, in sarcoidosis the lung is virtually always, the liver mostly and the spleen only occasionally involved. Therefore, thorax-X-ray is the most important screening procedure. Histological verification by laparoscopy, bronchoscopy (transbronchial lung biopsy and bronchial mucosa biopsy) or mediastinoscopy is essential. In order to decide the therapeutic regimen, particularly the use of corticosteroids, the staging according to Wurm seems less suitable than pulmonary function testing (pneumotachograph, plethysmograph, CO-transfer, compliance). Futher clinical trials will have to find out, whether enzyme analysis (ACE) is apt to monitor progression of disease or to diagnose sarcoidosis in clinical routine use.
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
February 1978,
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
February 1980,
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
January 1981,
Rinsho hoshasen. Clinical radiography,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
November 1977,
Medizinische Klinik,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
July 1977,
Zeitschrift fur Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
March 1982,
La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
January 1977,
Praxis der Pneumologie,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
May 1979,
Schweizerische Rundschau fur Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de medecine Praxis,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
November 1976,
Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde,
E Brugger, and
M Schmidt, and
H Kulke
January 1978,
Journal francais d'ophtalmologie,
