SARCOIDOSIS: CLINICAL STAFF CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Authors: John P. Utz, Eugene Van Scott, Horace W. Bernton, John H. Edgcomb, Joseph J. Bunim, Norman H. Bell, Herbert E. Kaufman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Clinical Staff Conference1 December 1959SARCOIDOSIS: CLINICAL STAFF CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHJOHN P. UTZ, M.D., EUGENE VAN SCOTT, M.D., HORACE W. BERNTON, M.D., JOHN H. EDGCOMB, M.D., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., NORMAN H. BELL, M.D., HERBERT E. KAUFMAN, M.D.JOHN P. UTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EUGENE VAN SCOTT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HORACE W. BERNTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN H. EDGCOMB, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NORMAN H. BELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HERBERT E. KAUFMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-6-1356 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. John P. Utz: When presenting a conference for our group at the National Institutes of Health, one gets caught on the horns of a dilemma. One horn is to select a subject in which we are very personally and vitally interested, but with the fear if we do so that very few people will be greatly interested in this particular little facet, despite the fact that we could present some rather interesting experimental data. Another horn of the dilemma is to choose something that might be of great interest to many of the Institutes' staff, but on which we...Bibliography1. Whitehead HG: Sarcoidosis: a manifestation of tuberculosis without allergy; studies on the possible etiological relationship of an acid-fast chromogen isolated from two cases, Bull. Am. Acad. Tuberc. Physicians 4: 117, 1940. Google Scholar2. Ransmeier JC: Minutes of the conference on sarcoidosis, National Research Council, Division of Medical Sciences, February 11, 1948, p. 5. Google Scholar3. 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