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JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 325-330Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2008.08.004
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Autoimmunology; Center of Excellence; Biologics; Female predominance
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There are currently over 100 human diseases that are considered to be autoimmune or chronic inflammatory affecting 5-10% of the world population and spanning through all medical specialties. As a result, health care costs are enormous and the clinical management is often challenging particularly, considering the comorbidity rates and the multi-organ involvement of each condition. We herein propose the creation of a new specialist, coined the autoimmunologist, to overcome the current limitations in the diagnostic process and clinical follow-up of patients with autoimmune diseases. More importantly, we also propose the creation of regional centers of excellence in autoimmunity where clinical research and management, as well as basic research may be united and interact in ideal synergy to ultimately create real translational research and provide better health care. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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