Infections,vaccines and autoimmunity

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Agmon-Levin N. , Paz Z. , Israeli E. , Shoenfeld Y. Vaccines and autoimminty. Nature Rev Rheumatol 2009; in press.

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Agmon-Levin N. , Shoenfeld Y. Chronic fatigue syndrome with autoantibodies-the result of an augmented adjuvant effect of hepatitis-B vaccine and silicone implant. Autoimmun Rev 2008; 8: 52-55.

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Gherardi RK , Authier FJ Aluminum inclusion macrophagic myofasciitis: a recently identified condition. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2003; 23: 699-712.

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Tomer Y. , Huber A. The etiology of autoimmune thyroid disease: a story of genes and environment . J Autoimmun 2009; 32: 231-239.

Mathieu A. , Paladini F. , Vacca A. , Cauli A. , Fiorillo MT , Sorrentino R. The interplay between the geographic distribution of HLA-B27 alleles and their role in infectious and autoimmune diseases: a unifying hypothesis. Autoimmun Rev 2009; 8: 420-425.