- An
autoimmune disease is a
condition that
results from an
anomalous response of the
adaptive immune system,
wherein it
mistakenly targets and
attacks healthy...
- Any
disease resulting from this type of
immune response is
termed an "
autoimmune disease".
Prominent examples include celiac disease,
diabetes mellitus...
- Hashimoto's disease, is an
autoimmune disease in
which the
thyroid gland is
gradually destro****. A
slightly broader term is
autoimmune thyroiditis, identical...
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steroid hormone cortisol and
possibly aldosterone are produced. It is an
autoimmune disease which affects some
genetically predisposed people in whom the...
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Autoimmune hepatitis,
formerly known as
lupoid hepatitis,
plasma cell hepatitis, or
autoimmune chronic active hepatitis, is a chronic,
autoimmune disease...
- This
article provides a list of
autoimmune diseases.
These conditions,
where the body's
immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells,
affect a range...
- The
autoimmune regulator (AIRE) is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the AIRE gene. It is a 13kb gene on
chromosome 21q22.3 that has 545
amino acids...
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Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) is a type of encephalitis, and one of the most
common causes of
noninfectious encephalitis. It can be
triggered by tumors...
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include heavy alcohol use,
certain medications, toxins,
other infections,
autoimmune diseases, and non-alcoholic
steatohepatitis (NASH).
Hepatitis A and E...
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Autoimmune urticaria, also
known as
chronic autoimmune urticaria, is a type of
chronic urticaria characterized by the
presence of
autoantibodies in the...
