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Posttraumatic stress disorder linked to autoimmune disease: Presentation of a new study

Posttraumatic stress disorder linked to autoimmune disease: Presentation of a new study - Available at University of Iceland
When 
Fri, 22/06/2018 - 12:00 to 13:00
Where 

Sturlugata 8

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A new study from the University of Iceland and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm shows that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder and related conditions are subsequently at increased risk of developing autoimmune disease. The findings are published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

The findings will be presented at an open seminar in Tjarnarsal, deCODE Genetics building.

Speakers are Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, and Huan Song, Post Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland.

The presentation is in English.
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Link to the study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2018.7028

Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir and Huan Song present the findings in a new study, published this week in JAMA.

Posttraumatic stress disorder linked to autoimmune disease: Presentation of a new study