Population based study of 12 autoimmune diseases in Sardinia, Italy: prevalence and comorbidity.

BACKGROUND: The limited availability of prevalence data based on a representative sample of the general population, and the limited number of diseases considered in studies about co-morbidity are the critical factors in study of autoimmune diseases. This paper describes the prevalence of 12 autoimmu...

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Main Authors: Claudia Sardu, Eleonora Cocco, Alessandra Mereu, Roberta Massa, Alessandro Cuccu, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Paolo Contu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3292563?pdf=render