Identification of environmental exposures associated with risk of sarcoidosis in African Americans.

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Title: Identification of environmental exposures associated with risk of sarcoidosis in African Americans.
Authors: Levin, Albert M., She, Ruicong, Chen, Yalei, Adrianto, Indra, Datta, Indrani, Loveless, Ian M., Garman, Lori, Montgomery, Courtney G., Jia Li, Iannuzzi, Michael C., Rybicki, Benjamin A.
Source: Annals of the American Thoracic Society; Sep2023, Vol. 20 Issue 9, pE1-E14, 14p
Subject Terms: AFRICAN Americans, ENVIRONMENTAL exposure, SARCOIDOSIS, RISK exposure, SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms, PIGEONS
Abstract: The article focuses on identifying environmental exposures associated with the risk of sarcoidosis in African Americans. Topics include the study sample of 2,096 self-identified African Americans with and without sarcoidosis, genetic data analysis based on genome-wide genotype data, and the criteria for classifying sarcoidosis cases in the study.
Database: Complementary Index
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ISSN:23296933
DOI:10.1513/annalsats.202208-722oc
Published in:Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Language:English