title: The Disease Burden of the Most Common Autoimmune Diseases.
abstract: By some measures, the financial and health toll from inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis is comparable to stroke and lower back pain. Collectively, they affect about 10 million patients in the United States. They are chronic conditions characterized by immune-mediated inflammation of unknown etiology and for which there is no cure.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mccain
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000191:economics; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000191:economics; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000191:economics