immune system against itself. Autoimmune disease is widely recognized to be significantly more common in women than in men, and often presents differently...

An autoimmune disease is a condition that results from an anomalous response of the adaptive immune system, wherein it mistakenly targets and attacks healthy...

and Hashimoto's disease, is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is gradually destroyed. A slightly broader term is autoimmune thyroiditis, identical...

This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range...

Autoimmune hepatitis, formerly known as lupoid hepatitis, plasma cell hepatitis, or autoimmune chronic active hepatitis, is a chronic, autoimmune disease...

constituents. Any disease resulting from this type of immune response is termed an "autoimmune disease". Prominent examples include celiac disease, diabetes mellitus...

II is defined as the association between autoimmune Addison's disease and either autoimmune thyroid disease, type 1 diabetes, or both. It is heterogeneous...

and (sometimes) aldosterone. It is an autoimmune disease which affects some genetically predisposed people in whom the body's own immune system has started...

connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a systemic autoimmune disease that shares characteristics with at least two other systemic autoimmune diseases, including...

Although autoimmune pancreatitis is quite rare, it constitutes an important clinical problem for both patients and their clinicians: the disease commonly...

Coeliac disease (British English) or celiac disease (American English) is a long-term autoimmune disorder, primarily affecting the small intestine, where...

Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter or Basedow’s disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. It frequently results in and...

Autoimmune oophoritis is a rare autoimmune disease where the body's own immune system attacks the ovaries. This causes the ovaries to have inflammation...

Sjögren's disease (SjD) (previously known as Sjögren syndrome or Sjögren's syndrome (SjS, SS)) is a long-term autoimmune disease that primarily affects...

to new physiologic conditions like pregnancy. Autoimmune thyroid disease is a general category of disease that occurs due to the immune system targeting...

Autoimmune skin diseases occur when the immune system of an infected animal attacks its own skin. In dogs, autoimmune skin diseases are usually not detected...

Thyroid disease in women is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid in women. This condition can have a profound effect during pregnancy and on...

disease, affecting up to one in 3,000–4,000 people. As with many other autoimmune diseases, it is much more common in women, with a sex ratio of at least...

of an autoimmune disease. When there is proof of an autoimmune disease, but the disease does not correspond to any specific autoimmune disease (such as...

of autoimmune disorders is the role that epigenetics (heritable changes that do not involve alterations in DNA sequences) play in autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune...

adrenal glands don't produce enough steroid hormones Coeliac disease – an autoimmune disease triggered by gluten consumption, which may involve several...

Autoimmune hypophysitis is defined as inflammation of the pituitary gland due to autoimmunity. Autoimmune hypophysitis can lead to deficiencies in one...

thrombocytopenia, is an autoimmune primary disorder of hemostasis characterized by a low platelet count in the absence of other causes. ITP often results in an increased...

heavily implicated in PD pathology. PD and autoimmune disorders share genetic variations and molecular pathways. Some autoimmune diseases may even increase...

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by recurrent episodes of intestinal inflammation, primarily manifesting as diarrhea...

genetically distinct. This phenomenon may be related to certain types of autoimmune diseases although the responsible mechanisms are unclear. The term comes from...

times more women have osteoporosis than men. Autoimmune diseases, such as Sjögren's syndrome and scleroderma, are more prevalent in women. Roughly 70%...

may include calcium deposits in muscles or skin. The cause is unknown. Theories include that it is an autoimmune disease or a result of a viral infection...

proteins. Many autoimmune diseases (notably lupus erythematosus) are associated with such antibodies. Antibodies are produced by B cells in two ways: (i)...

Cardiovascular disease in women is an integral area of research in the ongoing studies of women's health. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella...