Sentence examples for were autoimmune from inspiring English sources

Another aunt told us that, along with the rheumatoid arthritis she'd had for years, she, too, had recently been given a diagnosis of Hashimoto's, and both were autoimmune in nature.

The mean ± SD age was 59 ± 15 years, 54% were male, and the mean ± SD SAPS II was 52 ± 22 and SOFA 9 ± 4. The underlying diseases identified were: autoimmune diseases (31%), solid tumors (21%), transplanted patients (25%), hematologic diseases (16%) and others (7%); 46 (75%) patients were under heavy IST.

Of the 1180 patients, 58 (4.9%) were autoimmune.

Common diagnoses in these patients were autoimmune disorder, pancreatitis, and cancer.

The most common liver lesions were autoimmune hepatitis-like (AIH-like) lesions, found in 17/41 patients (41.5%).

With the exception of miR-634, all miRNAs associated with pathways dysregulated in MG were autoimmune disease-related ones.

These are autoimmune disorders, with the exact triggering mechanisms still unknown.

"There is evidence that the origin of the illness is autoimmune in the 95% cases which do not have an obvious genetic cause," explains Peraita-Adrados.

Also both R.A. and celiac disease are autoimmune diseases and can occur together.

In the race for research dollars, autoimmune illness pales in comparison to cancer, AIDS and heart disease, yet countless Americans suffer from illnesses known or suspected to be autoimmune in nature.

Why are autoimmune disorders becoming more prevalent?