Coping With Autoimmunity
When you are diagnosed with a serious chronic autoimmune disease, it is normal to question your well-being and your mental ability to cope with the life changes that are part of living successfully-with any serious chronic illness. A few basic ... [... more]
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"Autoimmune Diseases"
A Phase 1, Open-Label, Multiple-Dose, Dose Escalation Study of the Safety and Tolerability of Staphylococcal Protein A in Adult Patients With Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) Safety and Efficacy of Cellcept and Avonex as ... [... more]
Clinical Trials |
Autoimmune Disease In Women
The term "autoimmune disease" refers to a varied group of more than 80 serious, chronic illnesses that involve almost every human organ system. It includes diseases of the nervous, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems as well as skin and [... more]
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ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS)
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is a recently identified autoimmune disease present in a mostly young female population. For these individuals, proteins called anti-phospholipid autoantibodies (aPL) in the blood can cause blood to flow ... [... more]
College of Rheumatology |
Arthritis Today: Finding the Common Thread
A list of the more common autoimmune diseases and their targets. In the fall of 2001, as his listeners were reeling from the events of September 11, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh dropped a bombshell of his own. He had become virtually ... [... more]
Arthritis Foundation |
NIH Scientists Find a Novel Mechanism that Controls the ...
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found a mechanism in the immune systems of mice that can lead to the development of autoimmune disease when turned off. The findings shed light on the processes that lead to the ... [... more]
National Institutes of Health |
Immunity
Researchers from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have identified a promising new target for autoimmune disease treatment - a cell-surface ... [... more]
National Institutes of Health |
What problem was studied?
The body's disease-fighting immune system is normally like a well-coordinated elite army that is deployed to fight foreign invaders and retreats when the threat is no longer present. However, in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis ... [... more]
Arthritis Foundation |
Localized Autoimmune Diseases
The immune system is the body's means of protection against microorganisms and other "foreign" substances. It is composed of two major parts. One component, B lymphocytes, produces antibodies, proteins that attack "foreign" substances [... more]
Lab Tests Online |
Acantholysis:
The IPPF supports patients, families and caregivers of those suffering with the rare, autoimmune diseases pemphigus and pemphigoid. A glossary of commonly used terms associated with pemphigus, pemphigoid: Separation of cells; a term to describe a ... [... more]
pemphigus.org |
Do your own family medical history.
For people with autoimmune diseases, getting a proper diagnosis can be one of the most difficult challenges they face. The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) conducted a survey of autoimmune disease patients and found that ... [... more]
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From InFocus Newsletter, September 2006
Approximately one-third of the risk of developing an autoimmune disease can be attributed to heritable factors; the remainder is thought to be associated with non-inherited events. Some of these events arise from the randomness that characterizes ... [... more]
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