Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 907-912 , June 2009

Epidemiological features of Turkish patients with sarcoidosis

  • B. Musellim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Kocamustafapasa, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 505 8022373.
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  • O.O. Kumbasar

      Affiliations

    • Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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  • G. Ongen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • E. Cetinkaya

      Affiliations

    • Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • H. Turker

      Affiliations

    • Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • E. Uzaslan

      Affiliations

    • Uludag University Medical Faculty Chest Diseases Department, Bursa, Turkey
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  • E. Yenturk

      Affiliations

    • Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • O. Uzun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
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  • L. Saglam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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  • G. Celik

      Affiliations

    • Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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  • G. Okumus

      Affiliations

    • Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • A.N. Annakkaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey
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  • G. Altiay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Disease, Trakya University Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
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  • L. Tabak

      Affiliations

    • Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • A. Sakar

      Affiliations

    • Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty, Department of Pulmonology, Manisa, Turkey
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  • G. Kiter

      Affiliations

    • Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Denizli, Turkey
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  • S. Erturan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • H. Turktas

      Affiliations

    • Department Pulmonary Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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  • E. Yalniz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Department Of Chest Diseases, Izmir Training and Research Hospital For Chest Diseases And Thoracic Surgery, Izmir, Turkey
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  • A. Akkoclu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Disease, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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  • C. Ogus

      Affiliations

    • Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Antalya, Turkey
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  • O.T. Dogan

      Affiliations

    • Department Of Chest Disease, Faculty Of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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  • M. Ozkan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Diseases, Gulhane Military Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
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  • S. Aktogu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Department Of Chest Diseases, Izmir Training and Research Hospital For Chest Diseases And Thoracic Surgery, Izmir, Turkey
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  • I. Uzel

      Affiliations

    • Istanbul Vatan Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 17 August 2008 ,Accepted 8 December 2008.

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Respiratory Medicine
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