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Sarcoidosis in Beryllium Exposed Workers: A Case-Case Study.
American journal of industrial medicine - 1 Jan 2025
Mayer Annyce S, Mroz Margaret M, Van Dyke Michael K, Pacheco Karin A, Gottschall E Brigitte, Crooks James L, Maier Lisa A
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BACKGROUND: Despite the utility of the beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (BeLPT), distinguishing sarcoidosis, a disease of unknown etiology, from chronic beryllium disease (CBD), has long posed a diagnostic challenge. It is unclear if beryllium-exposed sarcoidosis cases (Be-exp-Sarc) are clinically distinct from CBD, or are misdiagnosed cases of CBD. METHODS: We performed a case-case study of 40...
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