The following are some autoimmune diseases and their target organs:
Blood:
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Autoimmune thrombocytopenia
- Pernicious anemia
Blood vessels:
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Behcet's disease
- Temporal arteritis
- Uveitis
- Wegener's granulomatosis
Endocrine glands:
- Autoimmune disease of the adrenal gland
- Autoimmune oophoritis and orchitis
- Graves' disease
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Type 1 diabetes
Gastrointestinal system:
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Crohn's disease
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Ulcerative colitis
Multiple organs/connective tissues:
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma- Sjogren's syndrome
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Nervous system:
- Autoimmune neuropathies (e.g., Guillain-Barre syndrome)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia gravis
Skin:
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Psoriasis
- Vitiligo
The following are some autoimmune diseases and their target organs:
Blood: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Autoimmune thrombocytopenia
Pernicious anemia Blood vessels: Antiphospholipid syndrome Behcet's
disease Temporal arteritis Uveitis...
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Dr. Anthony Komaroff answered:The following are some autoimmune diseases and their target organs:
