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Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:25pm
J Autoimmun. 2008 May 23. [Epub ahead of print] - Pubmed
Greer JM, Pender MP.
Neuroimmunology Research Unit, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
Myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) is the most abundant protein in central nervous system (CNS) myelin and plays a major role in maintaining the structura ...
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Wed 01 Jul 2009 4:29pm
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At my children's elementary school, I'd conservatively estimate that at least 25% of the children have vitiligo the skin condition that the late Mr. Michael Jackson suffered from (or...self-induced?) that caused loss of skin pigementation (melanocytes). Small patches of whitish areas on their tan or darker-toned faces are the tell-tale signs. I' ...
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Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:26pm
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Dec. 20, 2008) — During an autoimmune disease, the endogenous defence system (the immune system) loses the ability to distinguish between "self" and "foreign." As a consequence, the immune system directs its defence against itself, with fatal consequences. In the case of multiple sclerosis, a chronic, inflammatory ...
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Sun 24 Aug 2008 3:00pm
Good morning everyone:
Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was ok. Have another quick movie review with you. I saw No Country for Old Men . Made by the Coen brothers (who I really like), No Country for Old Men was a decent movie. I guess I had heard so much about it that my expectations were a bit high, and so while watching it, I was a ...
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Posted
Fri 07 Aug 2009 12:00am
Because of my previous post, I should probably explain why I expected to be gaining weight (or at least not losing).
As you may know, I started this blog to record my journey through the land of gluten free foods after finding out in 2008 that I have the following autoimmune disorders: rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis, and celiac d ...
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Mon 07 Jul 2008 7:13pm
Tan KM, Lennon VA, Klein CJ, Boeve BF, Pittock SJ. Clinical spectrum of voltage-gated potassium channel autoimmunity. Neurology 2008; 70: 1883-1890.
VGKC antibodies have been described in a variety of patient types, and may present with a symptom c0mplex including cognitive impairment and myoclonus, mimicking Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, which ...
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Posted
Wed 28 Oct 2009 2:04pm
Do you or does someone you care about have an Autoimmune Disease? If you or someone you care about has an Autoimmune Disease, I suggest that you read The Autoimmune Epidemic by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2008). In fact, this book is a good book to read if you are simply interested in how environment (i.e. toxins in food and pes ...
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Sun 26 Apr 2009 12:00am
Do you or does someone you care about have an Autoimmune Disease? If you or someone you care about has an Autoimmune Disease, I suggest that you read The Autoimmune Epidemic by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2008). In fact, this book is a good book to read if you are simply interested in how environment (i.e. toxins in food and ...
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