Autoimmune Disease
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Autoimmune Disease Conditions
Examples of autoimmune disease include:
Addison's disease
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Celiac sprue
Dermatomyositis
Dressler's syndrome
Drug induced lupus
Felty's syndrome
Giant cell arteritis
Goodpasture's syndrome
Grave's disease
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Kawasaki disease
Lichen planus
Lupus
Multiple sclerosis
Myasthenia gravis
Pernicious anemia
Rheumatoid arthritis
Scleroderma
Sjogren's syndrome
Some forms of
aplastic anemia
Some forms of
hypothyroidism
Some forms of
type 1 diabetes
Can be triggered by a
rubella infection
during childhood
Wegener's granulomatosis
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Related Topics:
Behcet's syndrome
Immune system deficiency
Lupus
Rheumatoid arthritis
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Generalized aches and pains
Joint pains
Rash
Weakness or fatigue
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Last Updated: Apr 17, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Autoimmune Disease References:
Christy AL, Brown MA. The multitasking mast cell: positive and negative roles in the progression of autoimmunity. J Immunol. 2007 Sep 1;179(5):2673-9.
Levesque MC, St Clair EW. B cell-directed therapies for autoimmune disease and correlates of disease response and relapse. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Jan;121(1):13-21; quiz 22-3.
