Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Candidiasis Ectodermal Dystrophy

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 463-478

  Kisand, Kai ^a   Peterson, Pärt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

AIRE; APECED; APS1; autoantibodies; chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis; IL 17; IL 22; type I interferons

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2A6; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERFERON; INTERFERON ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 22; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADDISON DISEASE; ALOPECIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASPLENIA; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CANDIDIASIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXON; FEVER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CANDIDIASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALABSORPTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOGENESIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RASH; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; VASCULITIS; VITILIGO; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84937822800     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-015-0176-y     Document Type: Review

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