Open AccessSarcoidosis epidemiology: recent estimates of incidence, prevalence and risk factors
Author(s) -
Elizabeth V. Arkema,
Yvette C. Cozier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current opinion in pulmonary medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1531-6971
pISSN - 1070-5287
DOI - 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000715
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , environmental health , race (biology) , demography , pathology , biology , physics , optics , botany , sociology
The aim of this review is to describe the latest studies on sarcoidosis incidence, prevalence and risk factors with a special focus on reports in the last 2 years. The potential biases affecting these studies are discussed.