title: Introduction to the special issue on the 9th International Congress on Autoimmunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06200, Nice, France, rosenthal.e@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Mathilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Versini
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Jeandel
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoenfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans