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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 populations showed a clear preponderance of sarcoidosis in African Americans compared with Caucasians. Our recent sarcoidosis...
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