Chronic Sarcoidosis
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In 90 percent of the diagnosed cases, the inflammation is in the lungs and is called pulmonary sarcoidosis.
However, sarcoidosis may also occur in the lymph nodes, eyes, skin, joints, spleen, liver, kidney, heart, brain, salivary glands or nervous system.
Sarcoidosis occurs more frequently in Caucasians of European...
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