Unexpectedly high prevalence of sarcoidosis in a representative U.S. Metropolitan population

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 893-899

  Erdal, Barbaros S ^a   Clymer, Bradley D ^b   Yildiz, Vedat O ^c   Julian, Mark W ^a   Crouser, Elliott D ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; Demographic; Granuloma; Pulmonary fibrosis; Rare lung disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RARE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859788484     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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