Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology (PDF)

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Anthony P. WeetmanAnthony P. Weetman

Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The first section details the basic mechanism of autoimmunity and examines immunogenetic and environmental factors in autoimmunity. The next section examines autoimmune thyroid disease, with investigations into Graves’ Disease, autoimmune hypothyroidism, postpartum thyroiditis, and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy and dermopathy. The third section takes a look at Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In the final section, authors explain other autoimmune endocrinopathies, including Addison’s disease, premature ovarian failure, autoimmune hypophysitis, and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome types 1 and 2.