BACKGROUND Previous reports have described an association between autoimmunity and primary obsessive compulsive disorder. This study aimed to investigate any differences in the levels of T helper 1, 2, and 17 effector cell cytokines between obsessive compulsive disorder patients and the control group. METHODS The study included 34 children (23 males, 11 females), aged between 7 and 17 years, ...

Hashimotos encephalopathy is an autoimmune disorder, with high titres of antithyroid peroxidase antibody, usually with a clinically and biochemically normal thyroid function. Here we present a case of hashimotos encephalopathy in a 34yr old man, who presented with acute onset of cognitive impairment on a background of psychiatric illness. Initially a probability of neuroleptic malignant syndrom...

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, including dermatomyositis, are uncommon acquired autoimmune diseases, sometimes associated with interstitial lung disease. Myasthenia gravis, a separate autoimmune disorder involving the neuromuscular junction, has some overlapping clinical features but has only rarely been reported to occur simultaneously within the same patient. Here we present the firs...

Gluten sensitive enteropathy also known as Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder which occurs in the presence of HLA DQ2 & DQ8 gene genetically susceptible individuals. Homoeopathy can direct treatment constitutionally and therapeutically. Gliadin a derivative gluten is modified by TTG seen antigen to Antigen presenting cells. The lead failure thrive.

Noonan’s syndrome is a polymorphic disorder with some facial features, congenital heart defects, cryptorchidism, etc., and also associated autoimmune diseases, lymphatic dysplasias. Here we are reporting nine years old boy Noonan's who has hepatomegaly persistently raised hepatic enzymes, which remained unexplained.
 TAJ 2022; 35: No-1: 137-140