Do we need autoimmune disease units in hospitals

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1173, Issue , 2009, Pages 4-9

  Vasconcelos, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases units; Autoimmunologist; Autoimmunology; Clinical immunology

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE UNIT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONALISM; WARD;

EID: 70049101200     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04751.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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