Clinical Insights and Basic Science Correlates in Sarcoidosis
作者:
Jess Mandel,
Steven Weinberger,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 321,
issue 1
页码: 99-107
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
More than a century has elapsed since the initial description of sarcoidosis, but critical aspects of the disorder remain poorly understood. Information obtained from epidemiologic observations and basic laboratory research suggests that the disease may represent an immunologic response to an exogenous agent in a genetically susceptible individual. However, a definitive etiologic role for any specific exogenous agent has never been proved, and a “candidate gene” underlying a predisposition to sarcoidosis has not yet been identified. This review presents an historical framework for considering available evidence regarding a transmissible agent in sarcoidosis and host susceptibility to the disease.
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