Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 473-478 , April 2011

Estimation of the Prevalence of Rheumatic Diseases in Israel

  • Michael Yaron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Michael Yaron, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann St., Tel Aviv, Israel 62439
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  • Dan Caspi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Ilana Kaufman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Mina Zemach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dahaf Research Institute, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
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  • Itamar Grotto, MD, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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  • Roy Altman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Roy Altman–David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

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 This study was supported by a generous unrestricted gift from Amisragas, the American-Israel Gas Corporation.

PII: S0049-0172(10)00086-7

doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.05.010

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 473-478 , April 2011

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