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Neurosarcoidosis - Prevention

Alternative Names

Sarcoidosis - nervous system

Prevention:

Treatment of sarcoidosis turns off the body's faulty immune response before your nerves become damaged. This may reduce the chance that neurological symptoms will occur.

  • Reviewed last on: 9/16/2008
  • Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Lower EE, Weiss KL. Neurosarcoidosis. Clin Chest Med. 2008 Sep;29(3):475-92, ix. Review.
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