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Muscle involvement in sarcoidosis
  1. Padmanabhan Arjun1,
  2. Rijju Gopinath2,
  3. Bhuvanesh Mahendran3,
  4. Ganesh Balan1
  1. 1 Pulmonology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, India
  2. 2 Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, India
  3. 3 Rheumatology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Padmanabhan Arjun, Pulmonology, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum 692059, India; dr.p.arjun{at}gmail.com

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