Heterogeneity of familial risk in sarcoidosis

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-33

  Rybicki, Benjamin A ^a   Harrington, Doug ^a   Major, Marcie ^a   Simoff, Michael ^a   Popovich Jr , John ^a   Maliarik, Mary ^a   Iannuzzi, Michael C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; high risk; parents; quantitative risk; siblings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SIBLING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0029915783     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:1<23::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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