Table 2 Search terms used in OvidSP and EBSCO for each autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune disease | Disease Search Term(s) Used |
|---|---|
Addison’s disease | Addison* |
Alopecia | Alopecia |
Celiac disease | Celiac, Coeliac |
Inflammatory bowel disease | Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn* disease, ulcerative colitis |
Type 1 diabetes | Type 1 Diabetes, Insulin dependent Diabetes? |
Autoimmune hepatitis | Autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis |
Thyroid disease | Autoimmune thyroiditis, Hashimoto* thyroiditis, Hashimoto* disease, Grave* disease, hyperthyroid*, hypothyroid* |
Multiple sclerosis | Multiple sclerosis |
Myasthenia gravis | Myasthenia gravis |
Polymyalgia rheumatica | Polymyalgia rheumatica |
Psoriasis | Psoriasis |
Psoriatic arthritis | Psoriatic arthritis |
Rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Sjӧgren syndrome | Sjogren syndrome |
Systemic sclerosis | Systemic sclerosis |
Systemic lupus erythematosus | Lupus |
Systemic vasculitis | Polyarteritis nodosa, microscopic polyangiitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. |
Uveitis (iridocyclitis) | Uvetitis, iridocyclitis |
Vitiligo | Vitiligo |
