Racial and ethnic disparities in sarcoidosis: from genetics to socioeconomics.

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Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause that occurs worldwide. The clinical expression of sarcoidosis varies by race. These racial differences may be the result of genetic and socioeconomic factors. Many of these genetic associations are race-specific in that they are found in either African Americans or whites but not both. Socioeconomic differences may also explain the racial...

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