How do autoimmune diseases cluster in families? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cárdenas Roldán, Jorge ^a   Rojas Villarraga, Adriana ^a   Anaya, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

aggregation; Autoimmune diseases; autoimmune tautology; familial autoimmunity; genetic epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CELIAC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; EMBASE; ENTERITIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATORY IDIOPATHIC MYOSITIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITILIGO;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84875011344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-73     Document Type: Article

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