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To: Lane3 who wrote (96967)	1/26/2005 12:04:39 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 793717

Karen, do I know of any tests which might be affected by race? Off hand, no I do not. My input is strictly anecdotal, and I really don't know all that much for sure, for certain. <g> I heartily concur that taking a medical history to include family and social history is most relevant. Many physicians (but not enough) inquire as to prior and present travel history and environmental exposures, beyond smoking, alcohol and illicit drugs, and such information can provide definitive, albeit obscure, diagnoses. As an aside, from the trivia department, I do know that multiple, small calcifications are seen on chest x-rays of most people who have lived in the Midwest for any length of time and are considered normal variants. I'll think some more on this and probably come up with some others. - Holly