A Gender Gap in Autoimmunity
- 26 February 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 283 (5406) , 1277-1278
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.283.5406.1277
Abstract
There are many differences between men and women in their susceptibility to particular autoimmune diseases, the characteristics of the disease at onset, and disease severity. In a Perspective in this issue, Caroline Whitacre and her fellow members of the Task Force on Gender, Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmunity explain what we currently know about gender differences in autoimmunity and discuss priorities for future research.Keywords
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