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Role of serum immunoglobulins for predicting sarcoidosis outcome: A cohort study.

Nicolas BelhommeStéphane JouneauGuillaume BouzilléOlivier DecauxMathieu LederlinStéphanie GuillotAntoinette PerlatPatrick Jégo
Published in: PloS one (2018)
There was no relation between the immunoglobulin level at diagnosis and the evolution of sarcoidosis. An elevated ACE level and the presence of initial extra-pulmonary involvement were both associated with a more severe course of the disease necessitating a corticosteroid treatment.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • angiotensin converting enzyme