title: Response.
authors: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: mmirsae@uic.edu.
authors: Mehdi
authors: M
authors: Mirsaeidi
authors: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Chicago, IL.
authors: Roberto F
authors: RF
authors: Machado
authors: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Chicago, IL.
authors: Dean
authors: D
authors: Schraufnagel
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL.
authors: Nadera J
authors: NJ
authors: Sweiss
authors: Interstitial Lung Disease and Sarcoidosis Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
authors: Robert P
authors: RP
authors: Baughman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality*
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