Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 8 , Pages 642-650 , August 2010

Pulmonary sarcoidosis: the ‘Great Pretender’

  • K.E. Hawtin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: K.E. Hawtin, Department of Radiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Rd, London W12 0HS, UK. Tel.: +44 208 383 1000; fax: +44 208 383 3121.
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  • M.E. Roddie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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  • F.A. Mauri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histopathology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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  • S.J. Copley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

Received 3 September 2009 ,Revised 3 March 2010 ,Accepted 10 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.03.004

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 8 , Pages 642-650 , August 2010

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