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Cumulative Childhood Stress and Autoimmune Diseases in Adults

Psychosomatic Medicine · 2009 · Vol. 71(2) · pp. 243–250

Shanta R. Dube✉(National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)DeLisa FairweatherWilliam S. PearsonVincent J. FelittiRobert F. AndaJanet B. Croft

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Abstract

Childhood traumatic stress increased the likelihood of hospitalization with a diagnosed autoimmune disease decades into adulthood. These findings are consistent with recent biological studies on the impact of early life stress on subsequent inflammatory responses.

Child Abuse and Trauma Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Child and Adolescent HealthMedicineSexual abuseRheumatoid arthritisPediatricsDiseaseAutoimmune diseaseImmunologyInternal medicinePoison controlInjury prevention

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AdultAnemia, Hemolytic, AutoimmuneAutoimmune DiseasesCaliforniaChildChild AbuseDisease SusceptibilityDivorceFemaleHospitalizationHumansInflammationLymphokinesMaleMiddle Aged

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