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Löfgren syndrome in Turkey
Author(s) -
Yanardaǧ H.,
Pamuk Ö. N.,
Karayel T.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00466.x
Subject(s) - medicine , erythema nodosum , sarcoidosis , arthritis , pulmonary sarcoidosis , dermatology , erythema , disease
In the 36‐year period between 1966 and 2002, 514 patients were diagnosed with sarcoidosis at Cerrahpala Medical Faculty, Gstanbul, Turkey, and of these 98 (19.1%) had Löfgren syndrome. The frequency of female patients with Löfgren was higher than the frequency among other sarcoidosis patients (female : male ratio 4.8 vs . 1.64; P < 0.001). Erythema nodosum was diagnosed in 72.4% of the subjects and arthritis or arthralgia was diagnosed in 51%. Erythema nodosum and arthritis or arthralgia were more frequent in Löfgren; however, pulmonary parenchymal involvement was more frequent in other sarcoidosis patients (all P ‐values < 0.001). (Intern Med J 2003; 33: 535−537)