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Women and autoimmune diseases.

Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2004

Fairweather DeLisa, Rose Noel R

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Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 8% of the population, 78% of whom are women. The reasons for the high prevalence in women are unknown, but circumstantial evidence links autoimmune diseases with preceding infections. Animal models of autoimmune diseases have shown that infections can induce autoimmune disease. For example, coxsackievirus B3 (CB3) infection of susceptible mice results in inflammation of...

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PMID: 15550215
DOI: 10.3201/eid1011.040367
PMCID: PMC3328995

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