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Why women have more autoimmune diseases than men: An evolutionary perspective

Women have up to a fourfold increase in risk for autoimmune disease compared to men. Many explanations have been proposed, including sex hormones, the X chromosome, microchimerism, environmental factors, and the microbiome. However, the mechanism for this autoimmune sex bias remains obscure. In this...

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Autores principales: Kronzer, Vanessa L., Bridges, Stanley Louis, Davis, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7980266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33767739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13167