Other Diseases
Other diseases featuring polycrine autoimmunity:
- Chromosomal abnormalities (Down's syndrome) increase the risk of endocrine autoimmunity
- POEMS syndrome - the E is for endocrinopathy; the cause is a paraprotein excreted by a plasmacytoma or multiple myeloma; other features are polyneuropathy, organomegaly (hepatomegaly and splenomegaly), M-protein (paraprotein) and skin changes.
- Several very rare diseases.
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