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Sex differences in autoimmune disease.

The Orthopedic clinics of North America - 1 Oct 2006

Lockshin Michael D

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Many, but not all, autoimmune diseases primarily affect women. In humans, severity of illness does not differ between men and women. Men and women respond similarly to infection and vaccination, which suggests that the intrinsic differences in immune response between the sexes do not account for differences in disease frequency. In autoimmune-like illnesses caused by recognized environmental agents, sex...

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PMID: 17141021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2006.08.002

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