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Sarcoidosis is characterised by lung accumulated activated T helper cells that are believed to be of central importance for the inflammatory reaction, which results in granuloma formation and in some patients in the development of fibrosis. It is generally considered that sarcoidosis is initiated and triggered by unknown antigen(s), resulting in disease in genetically predisposed individuals. ⋯ A remarkably strict correlation between lung accumulated T helper cells expressing a specific T cell receptor (AV2S3+) and HLA-DR17 was observed, indicating an immune attack against a specific target in the lungs. Future studies in this field may reveal how candidate antigens, identified by other techniques, play a role in the sarcoid inflammation.
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As part of an agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils on reimbursement for health care services for refugees, the National Board of Health and Welfare conducted a survey in Stockholm and Norrbotten counties during 2000. The study comprised a randomly selected group of refugees in which the total amount of health care services consumed was studied for 100 persons in Stockholm and 60 persons in Norrbotten. The outcome indicates that services provided in part exceeded those stipulated in the agreement, i.e. in offering elective health care services and in other respects is unsatisfactory i.e. not offering health assessment interviews to refugees.
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[Did medicine professor Roberg draw the first portrait of Linne?].