Auto-immune Disease: II. Pathology of the Immune Response

Auto-Immune Addison\'s Disease Associated with Hyperprolactinemia

SUMMARY Three cases ofauto-immune addison's disease are reported in association with hyperprolactilinemia. All of them had galactorrhea. In three cases complete resolution of hyperprolactitinemia occurred with corticosteroid replacement. We suggest that hyperprolactinemia was due to cortisol deficiency operating directly or indirectly at the level of the pituitary.  

Dupuytren's contracture: an auto-immune disease?

Auto-immune Addison's disease in identical twins.

Identical male twins are described, one of whom presented with clinical symptoms of Addison's disease whereas the other was shown to have a deficient adrenal cortical response to stimulation tests. Both had positive adrenal cortex antibodies.

Cellular immune response and pathology in schistosomiasis.

In the present review, some aspects of the cellular response following the murine Schistosoma mansoni infection are described. Due to the peculiar route used by the schistosome to infect its definitive host, the skin appears as a critical site in which the initial events of the host/parasite relationship occur and where the immune response is initiated. Moreover, the induction and the modulatio...

Vitiligo and auto immune diseases: A survey of 100 patients

Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disease which is characterized by depigmented patches due to loss of pigment cells. Evidence suggests that cell-mediated immunity plays a role in melanocyte destruction while some patients have antibodies to melanocytes or melanocytic proteins. Vitiligo is strongly associated with a number of autoimmune disorders. Autoimmune thyroiditis is the most prevalent disea...