Geo-epidemiology and autoimmunity

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Youinou, Pierre ^a   Pers, Jacques Olivier ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Epidemiology; Epigenetics; Genetics; Hygiene hypothesis; Infectious agents; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AWARENESS; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUMPS VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77649184031     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2009.12.005     Document Type: Editorial

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