Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 913-918 , June 2009

Health-related quality of life in adult survivors of childhood sarcoidosis

  • Nils Milman

      Affiliations

    • The Heart Centre, Division of Lung Transplantation, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 20 10 35 77; fax: +45 35 45 26 48.
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  • Claus Bo Svendsen

      Affiliations

    • Statens Serum Institut, Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Artillerivej 5, Building 43/112, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    • ,
  • Anne Lisbeth Hoffmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Næstved Hospital, Næstved, Denmark

Received 26 July 2008 ,Accepted 5 December 2008.

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PII: S0954-6111(08)00451-4

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.12.007

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 913-918 , June 2009

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