Autoimmune disorders in children can cause symptoms often mistaken for common childhood illnesses. More precise diagnoses and ...

Celiac disease (CD) is a life-long inflammatory condition of the gut that occurs in genetically susceptible individuals. Several autoimmune diseases (AI) are associated with CD. To date ...

In the US alone, it is estimated that one in every 10,000 children is at risk of developing the autoimmune disease. In this gallery, we delve into the condition, including its causes and treatments.

Mathers Foundation grant will support the work of Boston College biologist Emrah Altindis linking gut microbes with autoimmune diseases in children Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah ...

It is classified as autoimmune because ... Blau syndrome is a rare disease that develops in early infancy. It can cause a range of painful and debilitating symptoms in children and continues ...

On the other hand, these patients with the HLA-DR 3 and/or 4 may represent a subgroup at higher risk for developing other endocrine autoimmune diseases associated with HLA-DR 3 or 4.

However, not all autoimmune conditions follow the same patterns. Coeliac disease, for example ... affecting one in three children. It includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, as well ...

GAI set out to improve the landscape in autoimmune disease with a focus on coeliac ... of the Department of Gastroenterology at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., developing ...

In autoimmune diseases, the body’s immune system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue and cells by mistake because it cannot distinguish between healthy tissue and potentially harmful antigens.

In a Senate hearing, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said that efforts to address the high rates of chronic disease need to start with ...

Researchers have identified many types of autoimmune vasculitis. Some of these conditions, such as Kawasaki’s disease, occur primarily in children. Others, such as eosinophilic granulomatosis ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, disproving a long-standing theory and opening a promising new approach to ...