Autoimmune Diseases in Endocrinology

I.Introductory Chapters

1. Basic Mechanisms in Autoimmunity
Sonia Quaratino

2. Immunogenetic Factors in Autoimmunity
Joanne Heward, Stephen Gough

3. Environmental Factors in Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
Rajni B. Sharma, C. Lynne Burek, Daniela Cihákova, Dolores B. Njoku, Noel R. Rose

II.Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

4. Animal Models of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Marian Ludgate

5. Thyroid Autoantigens
Philip F. Watson, Nagat Saeed

6. Graves’ Disease
Simon H.S. Pearce

7. Autoimmune Hypothyroidism
Francesco Latrofa, Aldo Pinchera

8. Postpartum Thyroiditis
John H. Lazarus, L.D. K.E. Premawardhana

9. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy and Dermopathy
Wilmar M. Wiersinga

III.Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

10. Animal Models of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Lucienne Chatenoud

11. Islet Cell Autoantigens
Anastasia Katsarou, Barbro Holm, Kristian Lynch, Åke Lernmark

IV.Other Autoimmune Endocrinopathies

12. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Huriya Beyan, R. David G. Leslie

13. Addison’s Disease
Corrado Betterle, Renato Zanchetta, Fabio Presotto

14. Premature Ovarian Failure
Victoria Sundblad, Violeta A.Chiauzzi, Eduardo H. Charreau

15. Autoimmune Hypophysitis
Patrician Anne Crock, Sophie Bensing, Casey Jo Anne Smith, Christine Burns, Phillip J. Robinson

16. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1
Pärt Peterson

17. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2
George J. Kahaly, Manuela Dittmar

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