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. 1973 Dec;36(6):1024–1033. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.36.6.1024

Sarcoidosis of the central nervous system

A C Douglas 1,2, A F J Maloney 1,2
PMCID: PMC1083604  PMID: 4772717

Abstract

Six patients with sarcoidosis of the central nervous system are described. Pathological confirmation was obtained by brain biopsy in two patients and at necropsy in two; in two patients the diagnosis was presumptive and was made on the evidence of multisystem involvement. The symptomatology, methods of diagnosis, and results of treatment are discussed.

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