Anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) are antibodies (immunoglobulins) formed against mitochondria, primarily mitochondria in cells of the liver.
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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
Posted by Healthy And Fit on June 7th, 2009
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Tags: Acute Liver Failure, Acute Liver Failure Patients, Anti Cardiolipin Antibodies, Autoimmune Diseases, Autoimmune Disorder, Bile Duct, Cellular Immunity, Critical Step, Dehydrogenase, Drainage System, Immune Defense System, Inner Mitochondrial Membrane, Liver Failure Patients, Liver Tissue, Loss Of Tolerance, Middle Aged Women, Mitochondrial Antibodies, Oxidative Stress, Oxo, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 
Comments OffAlopecia totalis
Posted by Healthy And Fit on May 15th, 2009
Alopecia totalis is the loss of all head hair. Its causes are unclear, but it is an autoimmune disorder. Stress is sometimes thought to be a contributor to the hair loss caused by alopecia, however many people leading relatively stress-free lives have experienced the symptoms.
Treatment
Methotrexate and corticosteroids have been proposed as treatments.
Posted in Diseases Tags: Alopecia Totalis, Autoimmune Disorder, Contributor, Corticosteroids, Hair Loss, Head Hair, Many People, Methotrexate, Stress Comments OffCeliac Disease
Posted by Healthy And Fit on May 8th, 2009
Coeliac disease, also spelled celiac disease, is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine that occurs in genetically predisposed people of all ages from middle infancy.
Posted in Diseases Tags: Absorption Of Nutrients, Asymptomatic Persons, Autoimmune Disorder, Bowel Symptoms, Chronic Diarrhoea, Classic Triad, Disease C, European Populations, Failure To Thrive In Children, Gluten Free Diet, Gluten Intolerance, Indo European, Inflammatory Reaction, Intestinal Villi, Non Tropical Sprue, Sensitive Enteropathy, Small Intestine, Tissue Transglutaminase, Wheat Allergy, Wheat Proteins 1 Comment »