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A sarcoidosis genetic linkage consortium: the sarcoidosis genetic analysis (SAGA) study.
Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG - 1 Jun 2005
Rybicki Benjamin A, Hirst Kathryn, Iyengar Sudha K, Barnard Juliana G, Judson Marc A, Rose Cecile S, Donohue James F, Kavuru Mani S, Rabin David L, Rossman Milton D, Baughman Robert P, Elston Robert C, Maliarik Mary J, Moller David R, Newman Lee S, Teirstein Alvin S, Iannuzzi Michael C
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BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis, a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology, likely results from an environmental insult in a genetically susceptible host. In the United States of America, African Americans have a higher sarcoidosis incidence and suffer greater morbidity than Caucasians. METHODS: A sarcoidosis genetic linkage study consortium was established to recruit African-American affected sib pair (ASP)...
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