Article
Recent advances in sarcoidosis.
Chest - 1 Jan 2011
Morgenthau Adam S, Iannuzzi Michael C
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoidosis, a systemic granulomatous disease of undetermined etiology, is characterized by a variable clinical presentation and course. During the past decade, advances have been made in the study of sarcoidosis. The multicenter ACCESS (A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis) trial recruited > 700 subjects with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis and matched control subjects. Investigators were unable to identify...
Topics
- Biomarkers
- Biopsy
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glucocorticoids
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunologic Factors
- Sarcoidosis