Familial sarcoidosis: high ethnic prevalence.
We report three sisters of Irish extraction who all developed sarcoidosis. The cases emphasize both the familial and ethnic preponderance of sarcoidosis which has not been adequately emphasized in the dermatology literature.
Carmichael
A J
AJ
Skin Hospital, Birmingham, England.
Tan
C Y
CY
Smith
A G
AG
D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology