Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome
In medicine, autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes, also called polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGAS), are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases characterised by autoimmune activity against more than one endocrine organs, although non-endocrine organs can be affected.
There are three "autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes", and a number of other diseases which have endocrine autoimmunity as one of their features.
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