How is sarcoidosis diagnosed?
Do you have to be in the hospital?
Can your family doctor treat sarcoidosis?
Is sarcoidosis contagious?
Is sarcoidosis inherited?
Can children develop sarcoidosis?
Does cigarette smoking cause sarcoidosis?
Can sarcoidosis occur from the workplace or the environment?

Is sarcoidosis inherited?

Most of the time sarcoidosis occurs sporadically throughout the population with no known cause. In some situations, sarcoidosis has occurred in twins and among family members. There appears to be a susceptibility to sarcoidosis among some families. The inheritance pattern is not clear.