Increased risk of cervical dysplasia in females with autoimmune conditions—Results from an Australia database linkage study

• Emma Foster ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emma Foster, Michael J. Malloy

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, MS and Neuroimmunology Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Michael J. Malloy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emma Foster, Michael J. Malloy

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Victorian Cervical Screening Registry, VCS Population Health, VCS Foundation, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Vilija G. Jokubaitis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, MS and Neuroimmunology Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• C. David H. Wrede,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oncology and Dysplasia, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Helmut Butzkueven,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, MS and Neuroimmunology Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Joe Sasadeusz,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Sharon Van Doornum,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Rheumatology Department, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Finlay Macrae,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Gary Unglik,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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• Julia M. L. Brotherton ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anneke.vanderwalt@monash.edu (AVDW); jbrother@vcs.org.au (JMLB)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Victorian Cervical Screening Registry, VCS Population Health, VCS Foundation, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Anneke van der Walt

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anneke.vanderwalt@monash.edu (AVDW); jbrother@vcs.org.au (JMLB)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, MS and Neuroimmunology Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4278-7003

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