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Löfgren's syndrome: human leukocyte antigen strongly influences the disease course.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 15 Feb 2009
Grunewald Johan, Eklund Anders
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Sarcoidosis may consist of a number of distinct disease entities, one of which could be Löfgren's syndrome. Patients with Löfgren's syndrome have an acute onset of erythema nodosum (EN) and/or periarticular inflammation or arthritis of the ankles, with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (and in some cases parenchymal infiltrates) and usually fever. There is a known association between HLA-DRB1*03 and...
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