Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weetman, Anthony P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The text begins with three introductory chapters which provide sufficient information so that anyone, including those without a background in recent i...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Chapters
• Basic Mechanisms in Autoimmunity
• Immunogenetic Factors in Autoimmunity
• Environmental Factors in Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
• Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• Animal Models of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• Thyroid Autoantigens
• Graves’ Disease
• Autoimmune Hypothyroidism
• Postpartum Thyroiditis
• Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy and Dermopathy
• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
• Animal Models of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
• Islet Cell Autoantigens
• Other Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
• Addison’s Disease
• Premature Ovarian Failure
• Autoimmune Hypophysitis
• Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1
• Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2.