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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Lance Christiansen, D.O.; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S. [3]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Causes
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
Jones criteria | History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Lab Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | Echocardiography
Treatment
Medical therapy | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention
Case Studies
Immune disorders: Hypersensitivity and autoimmune diseases | |
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| I/allergy/atopy (IgE) | Atopic dermatitis · Allergic urticaria · Hay fever · Allergc asthma · Anaphylaxis · Food allergy |
| II/ADCC (IgM, IgG) | Pernicious anemia · Hemolytic disease of the newborn · Penicillin allergy
autoimmune, cytotoxic: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia · Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura · Bullous pemphigoid · Pemphigus vulgaris · Rheumatic fever · Goodpasture's syndrome autoimmune, "type 5"/receptor: Graves' disease · Myasthenia gravis |
| III (Immune complex) | Henoch-Schönlein purpura · Arthus reaction · Hypersensitivity vasculitis · Reactive arthritis · Rheumatoid arthritis · Farmer's lung · Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis · Serum sickness autoimmune: Systemic lupus erythematosus · Subacute bacterial endocarditis |
| IV/cell-mediated (T-cells) | Contact dermatitis · Mantoux test · Graft-versus-host disease autoimmune: Diabetes mellitus type 1 · Hashimoto's thyroiditis · Guillain-Barré syndrome · Multiple sclerosis · Coeliac disease · Temporal arteritis |
| Unknown/ multiple | Sjögren's syndrome · Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) · Autoimmune hepatitis · Transplant rejection |
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