Journal article
Turner syndrome and autoimmune diseases: record-linkage study
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Background: There is increasing evidence that Turner syndrome is associated with an elevated risk of a range of autoimmune disorders. We aimed to document this in a national study. Method: Use of a record-linked dataset of all hospital admissions in England, 1999-2011, to construct a retrospective cohort of people with Turner syndrome and a control cohort of people without it. Statistical follow-up to identify the occurrence of 29 separate autoimmune disorders in each cohort. Calculation of r...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION
- Volume:
- 99
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 71-73
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-01
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- EISSN:
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1468-2044
- ISSN:
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1359-2998
- Source identifiers:
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445195
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pubs:445195
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uuid:73c9b806-d721-4244-9dc2-d64ca650a306
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- pubs:445195
- Deposit date:
- 2014-06-07
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- 2014
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