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    Glossary Autoimmune Diseases

    immune system attacks the body's own tissues

    Autoimmune diseases are conditions where the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues, thinking they are foreign invaders. This can lead to a variety of health issues, depending on which part of the body is targeted. Examples include rheumatoid arthritis, where joints are affected, and alopecia areata, where hair follicles are attacked, leading to hair loss.

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    1. The color of skin: white diseases of the skin, nails, and mucosa Clinics in Dermatology · 2019 · 4 citations
    2. Magistral Galenic Preparations in Modern Dermatology: Our Top 10 Picks for Bridging Therapeutic Gaps Medicina · 2026
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    6. Nonsegmental Vitiligo and Autoimmune Mechanism Dermatology Research and Practice · 2011 · 27 citations
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    8. Frontal fibrosing alopecia in association with Sjögren's syndrome: more than a simple coincidence Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia · 2016 · 12 citations
    9. COVID-19 and Autoimmunity in Dermatology: A Moroccan Case Series and Literature Review Curēus · 2024
    10. Advances in Vitiligo Treatment International Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy Sciences · 2026
    11. Non-infectious inflammatory disorders of the nail apparatus Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft · 2009 · 13 citations
    12. A case of antilaminin 332 mucous membrane pemphigoid showing a blister on the bulbar conjunctiva and a unique epitope on the α3 subunit British Journal of Dermatology · 2010 · 7 citations
    13. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Loss of desmocollin 3 in mice leads to epidermal blistering. Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2008
    14. Chronic graft versus host disease and skin Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2003 · 32 citations
    15. Oral Lichen Planus InTech eBooks · 2013 · 7 citations
    16. Pathology in Practice Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2015 · 6 citations
    17. A clinical case of a patient with mucocutaneous and musculoskeletal manifestations after COVID-19 vaccination Rheumatology (Bulgaria) · 2022 · 1 citations
    18. Spectrum of clinical manifestations of SLE patients from India and its correlation with KIR gene polymorphism Meta Gene · 2018
    19. Editors' Picks Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2012
    20. The Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Syndrome: How a Single Word Name Change Might Change So Much International Journal of Dermatology · 2025
    21. Cutaneous and Mucosal Manifestations Associated with Celiac Disease Nutrients · 2018 · 57 citations
    22. Atopic dermatitis and risk of autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis Frontiers in Immunology · 2025 · 4 citations
    23. The role of B cell-activating factor system in autoimmune diseases: mechanisms, disease implications, and therapeutic advances Frontiers in Immunology · 2025 · 4 citations
    24. 606 The role of diet in patients with autoimmune blistering disease: A survey of the International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2019
    25. Diagnostic dilemma: Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome versus incomplete Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur Syndrome overlap mixed connective tissue disease Romanian Medical Journal · 2023
    26. Breakdown of Immune Tolerance in AIRE-Deficient Rats Induces a Severe Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy–Candidiasis–Ectodermal Dystrophy–like Autoimmune Disease 2018 · 26 citations
    27. Aberrant inflammasome activation as a driving force of human autoimmune skin disease Frontiers in immunology · 2023 · 3 citations
    28. Triple-Negative Sjogren’s Syndrome and Recurrent Pneumothorax: An Uncommon Presentation of Autoimmune Disease Cureus · 2022 · 2 citations
    29. Resident Memory T Cells in Autoimmune Skin Diseases Frontiers in immunology · 2021 · 50 citations
    30. Clinical manifestations of alopecia in autoimmune blistering diseases: A cross-sectional study JAAD international · 2022