Open AccessNational incidence of autoimmune liver diseases and its relationship with the human development index
Author(s) -
Hongying Pan,
Yining Dai,
Ji-Na Zheng,
KeQing Shi,
Sven Van Poucke,
Hai Zou,
MingHua Zheng
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.10090
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , hepatology , autoimmune hepatitis , primary sclerosing cholangitis , primary biliary cirrhosis , gastroenterology , epidemiology , hepatitis , immunology , disease , physics , optics
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and immunoglobulin G4 related cholangitis represent the major autoimmune liver diseases (AILD). However, the relationship between AILD incidence and socioeconomic development levels is yet to be explored.