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List of autoimmune diseases. Dermatosis in Crohn's disease. Demyelination in MS. PAS stain of lupus nephritis. Autoimmune urticaria. Proptosis in Graves' 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 of organs and systems within the ...
Mayo Clinic (/ ˈmeɪjoʊ /) is a private American academic medical center focused on integrated healthcare, education, and research. [4] It maintains three major campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona. Mayo Clinic employs over 7,300 physicians and scientists, along with another 66,000 ...
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus in Jacksonville will receive $12 million and manage the distribution of the remaining grant to its collaborators in the study. The experimental drug is called ibudilast.
Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter or Basedow’s disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. [ 1 ] It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. [ 5 ] It also often results in an enlarged thyroid. [ 1 ] Signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism may include irritability, muscle weakness ...
Frequency. Up to 1 in 10,000 [1] Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are a spectrum of autoimmune diseases characterized by acute inflammation of the optic nerve (optic neuritis, ON) and the spinal cord (myelitis). [1][2][3] Episodes of ON and myelitis can be simultaneous or successive.
Felty's syndrome (FS), also called Felty syndrome, [1] is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the triad of rheumatoid arthritis, enlargement of the spleen and low neutrophil count. The condition is more common in those aged 50–70 years, specifically more prevalent in females than males, and more so in Caucasians than those of African ...
6947. Iron-deficiency anemia (or iron deficiency anaemia) is a common anemia that occurs when iron loss (often from intestinal bleeding or menses) occurs, and/or the dietary intake or absorption of iron is insufficient. In such a state, hemoglobin, which contains iron, cannot be formed. [5] Plummer–Vinson syndrome.