The genesis of this article is as a follow-up to a presentation delivered at the 2011 American
Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) annual convention on the topic of …

The International Congresses on Autoimmunity were organized almost 20 years ago to
reflect the multidisciplinary nature of autoimmunologists to gather in one place. Indeed, a …

The year of preparation of The Autoimmune Diseases 11 (1991) is the 40th anniversary of
the first cited adjectival description of “autoimmune,” in reference to hemolytic anemia …

Unfortunate combinations of genetic susceptibility and exogenous factors (microbial, toxic,
stress) lead to full‐blown autoimmune disease

No single theory or mechanism can adequately explain all features or pathogenesis of
autoimmune diseases. The clinically wide spectrum of autoimmune diseases is best …

This book attempts to organize the knowledge collected by those who have extensively
studied autoimmune diseases (ADs) into a comprehensive overview of how the immune …

Over the past year there have been several new developments in our understanding of
autoimmunity, as well represented by several lines of evidence obtained from basic …

The Mosaic of Autoimmunity: The Novel Factors of Autoimmune Diseases describes the
multifactorial origin and diversity of expression of autoimmune diseases in humans. The …

The past 12 months have witnessed several critical advancements and new particularly
promising lines of evidence on the pathogenesis and clinical management of autoimmune …

Autoimmune diseases tend to be viewed as separate entities. A broader perspective,
however, may reveal shared mechanisms that are the cause of disease rather than just the …