The accumulative global burden of autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases is
substantial. Studying the distribution of these conditions across various global regions and …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease characterized by a
distinctive pattern of bone and joint destruction. RA patients have an increased risk of death …

Autoimmune diseases cumulatively affect 5–10% of the industrial world population and are
a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. In recent decades rates are rising worldwide …

Among the numerous consequences of globalization, the dissemination of scientific
research allows real-time comparisons of clinical and basic experimental data between …

Autoimmune disease (AD) affects approximately 3% of the population. This is an enormous
number, but ironically the study of autoimmunity has not taken on the significance of many …

Autoimmune diseases include more than 70 different disorders affecting over 5% of the
population of the Western countries. They are mainly characterized by female predominance …

Autoimmune diseases are among the leading causes of death among young and middle-
aged women in the United States. Incidence rates vary among the autoimmune diseases …

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human
populations. Over the past decade there has been considerable progress in our …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with manifold
clinical manifestations and immunological abnormalities, affecting primarily women …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate the sex-and age-specific incidence
rates of major autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) in Taiwan using a population …