The world incidence and prevalence of autoimmune diseases is increasing

International Journal of Celiac Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 151-155

  Lerner, Aaron ^a   Jeremias, Patricia ^b   Matthias, Torsten ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AESKUKIPP Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Geoepidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Surge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010402405     PISSN: 23343427     EISSN: 23343486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12691/ijcd-3-4-8     Document Type: Article

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