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Sarcoidosis and granuloma genes: a family-based study in African-Americans.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Aug 2004
Rybicki B A, Maliarik M J, Poisson L M, Iannuzzi M C
Abstract excerpt
The evidence for a genetic component in the aetiology of sarcoidosis includes familial aggregation, associations with genetic polymorphisms, and linkage to the major histocompatibility complex class region on chromosome 6p. Unfortunately, the majority of genetic associations with sarcoidosis have not been consistently replicated. In the present study, using a family-based study design, which controls for...
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