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Women Issues in Autoimmune Diseases: Compilation of Indian Data

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Autoimmune diseases occur more commonly in females of child-bearing age. The diseases with their systemic nature play a role in menstrual irregularities, fertility and may cause complications in pregnancy and delivery. Moreover some medications are contraindicated during conception, pregnancy and breast feeding. Epidemiological data available from India on autoimmune diseases is sparse. The Multicentric COPCORD study reports prevalence of various rheumatological diseases in India. A study by Prem Kumar et al. attempts to give male to female ratio. Kudial et al. have thrown light on the burden of rheumatological disorders in postmenopausal women.

After an extensive search, on these issues in individual rheumatological diseases, we present herewith a compilation of Indian data in this chapter.

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Bhojani, K.S. (2020). Women Issues in Autoimmune Diseases: Compilation of Indian Data. In: Sharma, S. (eds) Women's Health in Autoimmune Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0114-2_23

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