Lesson learned from ACCESS (A Case Controlled Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis)

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Rossman, Milton D ^a   Kreider, Mary Elizabeth ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure; Genetics; Granuloma; Lung

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOIDOSIS; UVEITIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548707235     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200607-138MS     Document Type: Conference Paper

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