Autoimmune Diseases and Psychotic Disorders

Autoimmunity, autoimmune diseases and lymphoproliferative disorders.

[Systemic autoimmune diseases and depressive disorders].

INTRODUCTION The incidence of depression accompanying medical pathologies is elevated and have prognostic importance. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of depression in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD), as well as to determine the frequency of pain, fatigue and sleep disorders in these patients and their relation with depression. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a descri...

Psychotic Disorders Generated by Autoimmune Encephalitis (clinical Case).

Encephalitis is a brain inflammation, which could involve also the meninges. The etiology of encephalitis could be: viral, bacterial, fungal or autoimmune. Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an immune disorder, easy to diagnose and is a treatable condition. Most patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis develop a multistage illness that progresses from psychosis, memory deficits, seizures, to catatonic sta...

Eating Disorders: Could They be Autoimmune Diseases?

Recent research on Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) has shown an increasing understanding of the biological and physiological abnormalities that underlie the development of an eating disorder. Cultural pressures, individual and family experiences, along with physiological and genetic systems all appear to contribute to the onset of these disorders. There is significant evidence fo...

Autoimmune diseases as stem cell disorders.

Using an animal model for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), the NOD mouse, we have demonstrated that allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has a preventative effect on IDDM, and that a combined transplantation of pancreas and bone marrow can be used to treat IDDM. We have also shown that BMT has a curative effect on systemic autoimmune disease in (NZB x NZW) F1, BXSB, and (NZW ...