Epidemiology of sarcoidosis in Afro-Caribbean people: A 7-year retrospective study in Guadeloupe

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-192

  Coquart, Nolwenn ^a   Cadelis, Gilbert ^b   Tressières, Benoît ^b   Cordel, Nadege ^b  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GUADELOUPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKEMIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTONEURON; NIGHT SWEAT; PAPULE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AFRICA; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84921600224     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12633     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Haimovic A, Sanchez M, Judson MA, Prystowsky S. Sarcoidosis: a comprehensive review and update for the dermatologist: part I. Cutaneous disease. J Am Acad Dermatol 2012; 66: 699e1-699e18.
2. Turiaf J, Battesti JP, Menault . [Sarcoidosis in natives of the French West Indies]. Presse Med 1970; 78: 1003-1008.
3. McNicol MW, Luce PJ. Sarcoidosis in a racially mixed community. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1985; 19: 179-183.
4. Rybicki BA, Major M, Popovich J Jr, et al. Racial differences in sarcoidosis incidence: a 5-year study in a health maintenance organization. Am J Epidemiol 1997; 145: 234-241.
5. Strobel M, Bourriot C, Touré M. Sarcoidosis in West Indies: observation of 37 cases in Guadeloupe. Rev Med Interne 2000; 21: 495.
6. Cadelis G, Cordel N, Coquart N, et al. Incidence of sarcoidosis in Guadeloupe. A 13-year retrospective study: 1997-2009. Rev Mal Respir 2012; 29: 13-20.
7. Sharma OP. Sarcoidosis around the world. Clin Chest Med 2008; 29: 357-363.
8. Edmondstone WM, Wilson AG. Sarcoidosis in Caucasians, Blacks and Asians in London. Br J Dis Chest 1985; 79: 27-36.
9. Heath CR, David J, Taylor SC. Sarcoidosis: are there differences in your skin of color patients? J Am Acad Dermatol 2012; 66: 121e1-121e14.
10. Multigner L, Ndong JR, Giusti A, et al. Chlordecone exposure and risk of prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28: 3457-3462.
11. Newman LS, Rose CS, Bresnitz EA, et al. A case-control etiologic study of sarcoidosis: environmental and occupational risk factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 170: 1324-1330.
12. Kucera GP, Rybicki BA, Kirkey KL, et al. Occupational risk factors for sarcoidosis in African-American siblings. Chest 2003; 123: 1527-1535.