Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Beyond Restriction and Forced Vital Capacity

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Ogugua Ndili Obi. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;20(1):24-26.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202208-731ED.

¹ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

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Heterogeneity of Lung Function Phenotypes in Sarcoidosis: Role of Race and Sex Differences.
Sharp M, Psoter KJ, Balasubramanian A, Pulapaka AV, Chen ES, Brown SW, Mathai SC, Gilotra NA, Chrispin J, Bascom R, Bernstein R, Eakin MN, Wise RA, Moller DR, McCormack MC. Sharp M, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Jan;20(1):30-37. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202204-328OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023. PMID: 35926103 Free PMC article.

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