| Literature DB >> 20436161 |
Hani El-Gabalawy1, Lyn C Guenther, Charles N Bernstein.
Abstract
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) present a group of common and highly disabling chronic conditions that share inflammatory pathways. Several incidence and prevalence studies of IMID during the past decades have reported a considerable variation of the disease occurrence among different populations. Overall, the estimated prevalence of IMID in Western society is 5%-7%. This article provides an overview of studies of the incidence, prevalence, natural history, and comorbidities of IMID.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20436161 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091461
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Rheumatol Suppl ISSN: 0380-0903