The Encyclopedia of Autoimmune Diseases, Second Edition has been updated and expanded to provide up-to-date information about the causes, symptoms, treatments of autoimmune diseases, and the medical and social issues related to them.

Table of Contents

• Foreword: Understanding Autoimmune Diseases
• Introduction: An Overview of Autoimmune Diseases
• A
• absolute risk
• AIDS, HIV, and autoimmunity
• active immunity
• acute necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (ANHLE)
• acute-phase proteins
• Addison's disease
• adjuvant
• age-adjusted mortality rate
• agranulocytes
• allele
• allergens and the immune system
• allergic asthma
• allergic reaction
• allergic rhinitis
• allergies
• allergy
• allograft
• alopecia areata
• alternative medical treatments for autoimmune diseases
• amyloidosis
• anergy
• ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
• antibody
• antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)
• antigen
• antigen-presenting cell (APC)
• antigen receptors
• antigen-antibody complex
• antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease
• antinuclear antibodies (ANA)
• antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
• antitoxin
• apoptosis
• auto-inflammatory
• autoantibody
• autoimmune aplastic anemia
• autoimmune diseases and immune disorders
• autoimmune dysautonomia
• autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA)
• autoimmune hepatitis
• autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED)
• autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)
• autoimmune myocarditis
• autoimmune oophoritis
• autoimmune orchitis
• autoimmunity
• autologous
• B
• B-lymphocyte (B-cell)
• bacteria
• Baló Disease
• basophil
• Behçet's disease
• biomarkers
• blood pressure and autoimmune disease
• bone marrow
• bone marrow transplantation (BMT)
• bullous pemphigoid
• C
• C-reative protein
• cardiomyopathy
• CD4 molecule
• CD8 molecule
• celebrities with autoimmune diseases
• celiac disease
• cell
• cellular immunity (cell-mediated immunity)
• central tolerance
• Chagas’ disease
• chemokines
• immune system chemotaxis
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
• Churg-Strauss Syndrome
• cicatricial pemphigoid (CP)
• clinical studies/research on autoimmune disease
• clonal deletion
• clonal expansion
• clones
• Cogan syndrome
• cohort
• complement
• complement system
• congenital heart block (CHB)
• corticosteroid
• costimulation
• coxsackie myocarditis
• Crohn's disease (CD)
• cross-reaction
• cytokines
• cytotoxic
• D
• demyelinating neuropathies
• dermatitis herpetiformis (DH)
• dermatomyositis (DM)
• determinant
• dimorphic
• discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE)
• disease
• diseases-modifying anti-rhuematic drugs
• DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
• E
• endocrine autoimmunity
• endometriosis
• enteroviruses
• enzyme
• eosinophil
• eosinophilia myalgia syndrome (EMS)
• epidemiology
• epitope
• erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate)
• erythrocytes/red blood cells
• essential mixed cryoglobulinemia (EMC)
• etiology
• Evans’ syndrome
• experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE)
• eye involvement in autoimmune disease
• F
• fibromyalgia
• flare
• fungi
• G
• gamma globulin
• gene
• gene therapy
• genetic
• genetic engineering
• genetic marker
• genetics
• genome
• genotype
• globulin
• glucocorticoid
• Goodpasture's Syndrome
• graft
• granulocytes
• Graves’ disease
• Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
• H
• haplotype
• autoimmune thyroiditis (AT)
• heat shock proteins
• hemoglobin
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)
• herpes gestationis (HG)
• histocompatibility testing
• homeostasis
• human leukocyte antigens (HLA)
• humoral immunity (antibody-mediated immunity)
• I
• idiopathic
• idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
• idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
• idiotype
• IgA nephropathy
• immune
• immune complex
• immune-mediated diseases
• immune response
• immune response modifiers
• immune system
• immune tolerance
• immunity
• immunodeficiency
• immunodeficiency diseases
• immunoglobulins
• immunologist
• immunology
• immunosuppressive agents
• immunotherapy
• incidence
• incident case
• inclusion body myositis (IBM)
• infections and autoimmune diseases
• inflammation
• inflammatory
• innate immunity
• interferons
• interstitial cystitis (IC)
• J
• juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA)
• K
• Kawasaki disease (KD)
• L
• Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
• leukocytes
• leukocytoclastic vasculitis
• leukotriene
• lichen planus
• lichen sclerosus
• ligneous conjunctivitis
• linear IgA disease (LAD)
• systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
• lymph
• lymph nodes
• lymph system
• lymphatic vessels
• lymphocytes
• lymphoid organs
• lymphokines
• M
• macrophage
• major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
• mast cell
• medication compliance
• medication interactions and autoimmune patients
• medications and autoimmune diseases
• memory cell
• Ménière's disease (MD)
• menopause and autoimmune diseases
• microbes
• microchimerism
• microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)
• mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
• molecular biology
• molecule
• monoclonal antibodies
• monocyte
• monokines
• Mooren's ulcer (MU)
• morbidity
• mortality
• multiple sclerosis (MS)
• myasthenia gravis
• myelin
• myositis
• N
• narcolepsy
• natural immunity
• natural killer (NK) cells
• necrosis
• neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
• neuropathies
• neutropenia
• neutrophil
• nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
• nucleus
• O
• ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP)
• opportunistic infection
• opsonization
• organ transplantation
• P
• pain and autoimmune disease
• PANDAS
• paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD)
• paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP)
• parasite
• pathogen
• pathogenesis
• pathogenic
• pemphigus vulgaris (PV)
• pemphigus foliaceus (PF)
• peptide
• peptidoglycan
• peripheral neuropathy
• peripheral tolerance
• pernicious anemia (PA)
• phagocytes
• phagocytosis
• phenotype
• plasma
• plasma cells
• platelets
• pleuritis
• polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
• polyglandular autoimmune syndromes (PGAS)
• polymorphism
• polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
• polymyositis (PM)
• postmyocardial infarction syndrome
• postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS)
• prevalence
• primary agammaglobulinemia
• primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
• primary immune response
• prospective study
• proteins
• proteomics
• psoriasis
• psoriatic arthritis (PsA)
• Q
• quality of life
• R
• Raynaud's phenomenon (RP)
• receptor
• reactive arthritis (ReA)
• relapse
• relapsing polychondritis (RP)
• relative risk
• remission
• rheumatic disorders
• rheumatic fever
• rheumatic heart disease
• rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
• rheumatoid factor
• risk factor
• RNA (ribonucleic acid)
• S
• salivary glands and autoimmune diseases
• sarcoidosis
• scavenger cells
• SCID mouse
• scleritis
• scleroderma
• secondary response (immune system)
• self-antigen
• self-tolerance
• serum
• sign
• Sjögren's syndrome (SS)
• sperm autoimmunity
• spleen
• stem cells
• stiff-person syndrome (SPS)
• stroma
• stromal cells
• subunit vaccine
• superantigens
• suppressor T cell
• surface markers
• sympathetic ophthalmia (SO)
• symptom
• syndrome
• synovial
• systemic
• T
• T-cell receptor (TCR)
• T-cytotoxic cell
• T-helper cell
• T lymphocytes (T cells)
• Takayasu's arteritis
• temporal arteritis
• tendonitis
• teratogenic
• thymus
• tissue typing
• tolerance
• Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS)
• toxins
• transgenic
• transverse myelitis
• trigger
• tri-molecular complex
• tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
• Type 1 diabetes (T1D)
• U
• ulcerative colitis (UC)
• uveitis
• V
• vaccination
• vaccine
• vasculitis
• vesiculobullous dermatoses
• virus
• vitiligo
• W
• waning immunity
• Wegener's granulomatosis (WG)
• women and autoimmune diseases
• X
• xenograft
• xerostomia