Obesity is linked to an increased risk of sarcoidosis, while smoking was associated with a lower risk, according to a…
Magdalena Kegel
Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
A case study of a woman, with both breast cancer and sarcoidosis in her breast lymph nodes, highlights the difficulties in distinguishing between…
Researchers recently linked pulmonary sarcoidosis to a receptor activated during certain infections that may contribute to disease development via the release of…
Endobronchial sarcoidosis can cause diffuse bronchiectasis, as demonstrated in a recently presented case report of a 50-year-old patient. To cover…
Exposure to mold and bacteria could be a potential trigger of lung sarcoidosis, according to a study revealing that immune cells…
Cryptococcal meningitis, a rare but life-threatening complication of sarcoidosis, is often misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis, delaying proper treatment and reducing a…
Cancer immunotherapy with Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) may or may not trigger sarcoidosis in rare cases, a report from…
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle identified numerous gene pathways that are altered in sarcoidosis, not only…
Researchers at Jichi Medical University in Japan reported a case of sarcoidosis relapse in a woman who developed renal…
Japanese researchers described a rare case study of neurosarcoidosis affecting only the central nervous system then concluded that while the…