Sarcoidosis in Yugoslavia.
Although the first case of sarcoidosis in Yugoslavia was described immediately before the World War II, it was not before the 50's and the 60's that the disease started to be more frequently discovered. According to the evidence of pulmologic centres throughout the country, the incidence of sarcoidosis in 1988 was found to be the lowest in Macedonia (0.4 per 100,000 inhabitants). Since 1970, Yugoslavia has had its own Kveim-Siltzbach antigen, used in over 3000 patients. International World and European conferences on sarcoidosis aroused greater interest for sarcoidosis in Yugoslavia, particularly the Third European Conference on Sarcoidosis held in Novi Sad in 1980. Consequently, the Yugoslav Association on Sarcoidosis as an integral part of the WASOG has been organized this year.
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Institute of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.
D006801:Humans; D007731:Kveim Test; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology