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Berylliosis

Causes    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

beryllium

Notes

Berryliosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disease similar to sarcoidosis, secondary to chronic beryllium exposure. May also involve skin, liver, spleen, salivary glands, kidney, and bone. A genetic predisposition to chronic beryllium disease. has been observed in the MHC II leukocyte antigen marker haplotype, HLA-DPB1, with a glutamic acid residue at position 69.