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Results of 188 whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans in 137 patients with sarcoidosis by Teirstein, Alvin S, Machac, Josef, Almeida, Orlandino, Lu, Ping, Padilla, Maria L, Iannuzzi, Michael C

“…To study the role of whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scans in the identification of occult biopsy sites and…”
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"Sarcoid like" granulomatous pulmonary disease in World Trade Center disaster responders by Crowley, Laura E., Herbert, Robin, Moline, Jacqueline M., Wallenstein, Sylvan, Shukla, Gauri, Schechter, Clyde, Skloot, Gwen S., Udasin, Iris, Luft, Benjamin J., Harrison, Denise, Shapiro, Moshe, Wong, Karen, Sacks, Henry S., Landrigan, Philip J., Teirstein, Alvin S.

“…Background More than 20,000 responders have been examined through the World Trade Center (WTC) Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program since September 11,…”
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Mycobacterial catalase-peroxidase is a tissue antigen and target of the adaptive immune response in systemic sarcoidosis by Song, Zhimin, Marzilli, Lisa, Greenlee, Brian M, Chen, Edward S, Silver, Richard F, Askin, Frederic B, Teirstein, Alvin S, Zhang, Ying, Cotter, Robert J, Moller, David R

“…Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology characterized by noncaseating epithelioid granulomas, oligoclonal CD4(+) T cell infiltrates, and immune complex…”
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Distinctive clinical, radiographic, and functional characteristics of patients with sarcoidosis-related pulmonary hypertension by Sulica, Roxana, Teirstein, Alvin S, Kakarla, Shudhir, Nemani, Nimish, Behnegar, Anousheh, Padilla, Maria L

“…To differentiate the clinical, radiographic, and physiologic profile in patients with sarcoidosis with and without pulmonary hypertension. Retrospective…”
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The diagnostic pathway to sarcoidosis by Judson, Marc A, Thompson, Bruce W, Rabin, David L, Steimel, Joanne, Knattereud, Genell L, Lackland, Daniel T, Rose, Cecile, Rand, Cynthia S, Baughman, Robert P, Teirstein, Alvin S

“…To examine the time from the first physician visit to the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The time required to diagnose sarcoidosis is dependent on the initial…”
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Thalidomide for chronic sarcoidosis by Baughman, Robert P, Judson, Marc A, Teirstein, Alvin S, Moller, David R, Lower, Elyse E

“…Thalidomide therapy has been shown to modify granulomatous diseases, such as tuberculosis and leprosy. Lupus pernio is a skin manifestation of sarcoidosis that…”
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Sarcoidosis by Iannuzzi, Michael C, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Teirstein, Alvin S

“…Sarcoidosis affects people of all racial and ethnic groups and occurs at any age, although usually before the age of 50 years. The incidence of sarcoidosis…”
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Depression in sarcoidosis by CHANG, Betty, STEIMEL, Joanne, MOLLER, David R, BAUGHMAN, Robert P, JUDSON, Marc A, YEAGER, Henry JR, TEIRSTEIN, Alvin S, ROSSMAN, Milton D, RAND, Cynthia S

“…Sarcoidosis, a chronic, multisystem disease, impacts quality of life and may increase depression risk. No previous study has reported the depression prevalence…”
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Comparison of sarcoidosis phenotypes among affected African-American siblings by Judson, Marc A, Hirst, Kathryn, Iyengar, Sudha K, Rybicki, Benjamin A, El-Ghormli, Laure, Baughman, Robert P, Donohue, James F, Elston, Robert C, Kavuru, Mani S, Moller, David R, Newman, Lee S, Rabin, David L, Rossman, Milton D, Teirstein, Alvin S, Iannuzzi, Michael C

“…To test the hypothesis that sibling pairs, who share genes and environmental exposures, might have similar phenotypic expressions of sarcoidosis beyond what…”
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Recurrent pulmonary sarcoidosis in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy by Lenner, R, Bregman, Z, Teirstein, A S, DePalo, L

“…HIV infection and sarcoidosis occur in the same age group, but there are only a few reports of the coexistence of the two disorders in the same individual…”
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Recovery of cell wall-deficient organisms from blood does not distinguish between patients with sarcoidosis and control subjects by Brown, Sheldon T, Brett, Ian, Almenoff, Peter L, Lesser, Marvin, Terrin, Michael, Teirstein, Alvin S

“…To determine if cell wall-deficient forms (CWDF) of mycobacteria can be grown in culture of blood from subjects with sarcoidosis. A special multicenter study…”
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Pulmonary complications in cardiac transplant recipients by Lenner, R, Padilla, M L, Teirstein, A S, Gass, A, Schilero, G J

“…The incidence of pulmonary complications in heart transplant recipients has not been extensively studied. We report pulmonary complications in 159 consecutive…”
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A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis: Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors by Newman, Lee S, Rose, Cecile S, Bresnitz, Eddy A, Rossman, Milton D, Barnard, Juliana, Frederick, Margaret, Terrin, Michael L, Weinberger, Steven E, Moller, David R, McLennan, Geoffrey, Hunninghake, Gary, DePalo, Louis, Baughman, Robert P, Iannuzzi, Michael C, Judson, Marc A, Knatterud, Genell L, Thompson, Bruce W, Teirstein, Alvin S, Yeager, Henry, Jr, Johns, Carol J, Rabin, David L, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Cherniack, Reuben, ACCESS Research Group

“…Past research suggests that environmental factors may be associated with sarcoidosis risk. We conducted a case control study to test a priori hypotheses that…”
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Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia by Halm, Ethan A, Teirstein, Alvin S

“…A 65-year old man with hypertension and degenerative joint disease presents to the emergency department with a three-day history of a productive cough and…”
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Help for the diagnosis of some, but not all cases of Mycobacterium avium-complex pulmonary disease by Teirstein, Alvin S

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Familial aggregation of sarcoidosis: A case-control etiologic study of sarcoidosis (ACCESS) by RYBICKI, Benjamin A, IANNUZZI, Michael C, DEPALO, Louis, HUNNINGHAKE, Gary, JOHNS, Carol, JUDSON, Marc A, KNATTERUD, Genell L, MCLENNAN, Geoffrey, NEWMAN, Lee S, RABIN, David L, ROSE, Cecile, TEIRSTEIN, Alvin S, FREDERICK, Margaret M, WEINBERGER, Steven E, YEAGER, Henry, CHERNIACK, Reuben, THOMPSON, Bruce W, ROSSMAN, Milton D, BRESNITZ, Eddy A, TERRIN, Michael L, MOLLER, David R, BARNARD, Juliana, BAUGHMAN, Robert P

“…Despite reports of familial clustering of sarcoidosis, little empirical evidence exists that disease risk in family members of sarcoidosis cases is greater…”
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Usefulness of Programmed Ventricular Stimulation in Predicting Future Arrhythmic Events in Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis by Aizer, Anthony, Stern, Eric H., Gomes, J. Anthony, Teirstein, Alvin S., Eckart, Robert E., Mehta, Davendra

“…The utility of programmed ventricular stimulation to predict future arrhythmic events in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis is unknown. Similarly, the long-term…”
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Sarcoidosis of the upper and lower airways by Morgenthau, Adam S, Teirstein, Alvin S

“…Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of undetermined etiology characterized by a variable clinical presentation and disease course. Although…”
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Comment on "the anergic state in sarcoidosis is associated with diminished dendritic cell function" by Becker, Christian D, Teirstein, Alvin S

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Cardiorespiratory responses to incremental exercise in sarcoidosis patients with normal spirometry by Miller, A, Brown, L K, Sloane, M F, Bhuptani, A, Teirstein, A S

“…Patients with sarcoidosis are known to have histologic pulmonary abnormalities despite normal lung fields or conventional pulmonary function or both. These…”
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