The Homogeneous Multiplexed System-a New Method for Autoantibody Profile in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Gisele Zandman-Goddard, Boris Gilburd, Ora Shovman, Miri Blank, Svetlana Berdichevski, Pnina Langevitz, Yehuda Shoenfeld

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disease leading to immunological aberrations and excessive multiple autoantibody production. …”
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura after Mastectomy and Axillary Lymph Node Dissection by Wil L. Santivasi, Meghan M. Routt, Alicia M. Terando

“…First described in 1916, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease resulting in the destruction of platelets. …”
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Bipolar Disorder as Comorbidity with Sjögren’s Syndrome: What Can We Do? by Selima Chebli, Yosra Zgueb, Uta Ouali, Sana Taleb, Fethi Nacef

“…This case report presents a patient with bipolar disorder as comorbidity with Sjögren’s syndrome, suggesting that bipolar disorder could be associated with this autoimmune disease, which could lead to delaying diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Anesthetic Management of an Obstetric Patient with Behçet’s Disease Complicated by Transverse Myelitis by Sara Alwatban, Etedal AlAamri, Abdullah Alraffa, Mona Alkhawajah

“…Behçet disease is also a rare autoimmune disease. Transverse myelitis can be a manifestation of neuro-Behçet’s disease. …”
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Severe Preeclampsia in the Setting of Myasthenia Gravis by Adam J. Lake, Antoun Al Khabbaz, Renée Keeney

“…Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease that leads to progressive muscle weakness and is common during female reproductive years. …”
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Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase-Associated Myasthenia Gravis: A Neuromuscular Surprise by Hassam Ali, Rahul Pamarthy, Nayab Ahsan, null WashmaAwan, Shiza Sarfraz

“…Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular autoimmune disease that results in skeletal muscle weakness that worsens after periods of activity and improves after rest. …”
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Evaluation of the deleted in malignant brain tumor 1 protein expression and DNA methylation profile in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Khushboo Choudhury, Monika Gandhi, Uma Kumar, Sayan Chatterjee, Ram Singh Purty

“…Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease that progressively leads to joint destruction and functional disability which eventually affects the quality of life of the people suffering from it. …”
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Severe Primary Raynaud’s Disease Treated with Rituximab by Mohammed Shabrawishi, Abdurahman Albeity, Hani Almoallim

“…There were no symptoms of underlying autoimmune disease or malignancy, and autoimmune, serology, and immunology test results were normal; a biopsy of her left little finger was negative for vasculitis. …”
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Two Patients with Therapy-Resistant Pemphigus Vulgaris and Severe Underlying Disease Showing Good Response to a New IVIg Preparation by Katharina Hogrefe, Julia K. Winkler, Alexander H. Enk

“…Abstract Pemphigus vulgaris is a severe and often therapy-resistant bullous autoimmune disease. Standard therapy with steroids often administered together with another immunosuppressant does not respond in all patients or may not be a good therapeutic option in patients with severe underlying diseases. …”
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Emergency Splenectomy in a patient with primary immune thrombocytopenia and hemoperitoneum by Liermis Michael Dita Salabert, José Eduardo Consuegra Díaz, Carlos Jaime Geroy

“…Primary immune thrombocytopenia is an acquired autoimmune disease, with a very variable clinical course, which causes an accelerated destruction by antibodies and an impaired platelet production. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Conditioned Media Ameliorate Psoriasis Vulgaris: A Case Study by Rajasekar Seetharaman, Anjum Mahmood, Prashant Kshatriya, Divyang Patel, Anand Srivastava

“…Psoriasis, an autoimmune disease, affects a vast number of peoples around the world. …”
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Pituitary Adenoma and Hyperprolactinemia Accompanied by Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis by Sebahattin Destek, Vahit Onur Gul, Serkan Ahioglu, Kursat Rahmi Serin

“…IGM is observed more often in patients with autoimmune disease. Hyperprolactinemia is observed during pregnancy, lactation, and a history of oral contraceptive use. …”
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Genetic Risk Factors of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Malaysian Population: A Minireview by Hwa Chia Chai, Maude Elvira Phipps, Kek Heng Chua

“…SLE is an autoimmune disease that is not uncommon in Malaysia. In contrast to Malays and Indians, the Chinese seem to be most affected. …”
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Marantic Endocarditis: A Rare Early Presentation Of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Of The Breast by Madiha Butt, Zahra Rafique, Fazeelat Iftikhar, Farooq, Khadija Rafique, Muhammad Adil

“…It’s more commonly associated with malignancy than autoimmune disease. It can be diagnosed definitively postmortem and antepartum. …”
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A Case of Rituximab Use as an Induction and Maintenance of Remission in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis by Neveen Awad, Shahd Hafiz, Abdurahman Albeity, Hani Almoallim

“…Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody- (ANCA-) associated vasculitis (AAV) is a multisystem autoimmune disease affecting mainly microscopic blood vessels due to circulating autoantibodies against neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens. …”
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Immunopathological Roles of Cytokines, Chemokines, Signaling Molecules, and Pattern-Recognition Receptors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Shui-Lian Yu, Woon-Pang Kuan, Chun-Kwok Wong, Edmund K. Li, Lai-Shan Tam

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with unknown etiology affecting more than one million individuals each year. …”
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Is Myasthenia Gravis a Real Complication of the COVID-19 Vaccine? A Case Report-Based Systematic Review by Omid Mirmosayyeb, Elham Moases Ghaffary, Mahsa Mazdak, Zahra Bagheri, Sara Bagherieh, Vahid Shaygannejad

“…Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular, autoimmune disease that causes weakness by impairing neuromuscular transmission. …”
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Oxford-AstraZeneca Coronavirus Disease-2019 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia on Day Two by Azhar Kareem Razzaq, Ameer Al-Jasim

“…Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease characterized by platelet damage, life-threatening thrombocytopenia, and haemorrhage when the platelet count reaches below 20 × 109/mcL. …”
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Dermatitis Herpetiformis: From the Genetics to the Development of Skin Lesions by Diletta Bonciani, Alice Verdelli, Veronica Bonciolini, Antonietta D'Errico, Emiliano Antiga, Paolo Fabbri, Marzia Caproni

“…Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a rare autoimmune disease linked to gluten sensitivity with a chronic-relapsing course. …”
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Pancreatic Cancer and Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Case Report by Daniela Oliveira, Vanessa Chaves, José Carlos Martins, Carlos Vaz, Miguel Bernardes, Jorge Almeida

“…Primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory systemic autoimmune disease with a high risk of malignancy development, namely, lymphoproliferative neoplasms. …”
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