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Autoimmune diseases are a collection of more than 80 individual diseases that are estimated to affect more than 3% of the U.S. population.1 Underlying this diverse group of diseases is one common pathology: the malfunction of the immune system, resulting in the destruction of self-tissue. The etiology of autoimmune diseases is thought to have both genetic and environmental contributions.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Yozo Ishiuji

  2. Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Alan B. Fleischer Jr.

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  1. Dept. Dermatologie, CHU Brest, Brest, 29200, France

    Laurent Misery

  2. Medizinische Einrichtungen, Klinik und Poliklinik für, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, Münster, 48149, Germany

    Sonja Ständer

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Ishiuji, Y., Fleischer, A.B. (2010). Pruritus in Autoimmune Diseases. In: Misery, L., Ständer, S. (eds) Pruritus. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-322-8_15

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