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Relationship of environmental exposures to the clinical phenotype of sarcoidosis.
Chest - 1 Jul 2005
Kreider Mary Elizabeth, Christie Jason D, Thompson Bruce, Newman Lee, Rose Cecile, Barnard Juliana, Bresnitz Eddy, Judson Marc A, Lackland Daniel T, Rossman Milton D
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder with heterogeneous clinical manifestations, which are potentially reflective of a syndrome with different etiologies leading to similar histologic findings. We examined the relationship between environmental and occupational exposures, and the clinical phenotype of sarcoidosis. DESIGN: We performed a cross-sectional study of incident sarcoidosis cases that...
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