Epidemiology, demographics, and genetics of sarcoidosis.

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Epidemiology, demographics, and genetics of sarcoidosis.

Seminars in respiratory infections - 1 Sept 1998

Rybicki B A, Maliarik M J, Major M, Popovich J, Iannuzzi M C

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Epidemiological knowledge of sarcoidosis is based mainly on studies performed more than 30 years ago. These early case-control studies produced some interesting risk factor-disease associations, but a clear causative mechanism in sarcoidosis remains unknown. Studies in military and veteran popula...

Topics

Adult
Black or African American
Aged
Black People
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
United States

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