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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple
glands
Etymologies
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Examples
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In February 2008, media reports swirled around the story of Jennifer Lloyd, a 10-year-old from Prestwich, who is one of only six known sufferers in the U.K. of polyglandular Addison's disease.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011
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The polyglandular form is much rarer than the ordinary disorder, leaving affected patients literally unable to produce adrenaline in response to stress.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011
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The autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS1), a monogenic syndrome of pleomorphic autoimmunity characterized by the clinical triad of hypoparathyroidism, hypoadrenalism, and candidiasis, arises from defects in the AIRE (autoimmune regulator) gene,
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About 1 in every 7 people with type 1 diabetes has a condition called type 2 polyglandular autoimmune syndrome.
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Crohn's disease (inflammatory bowel disease) all result from an over-reaction of the immune system, while autoimmune polyglandular syndrome and some facets of diabetes are due to the immune system attacking
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The autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS1), a monogenic syndrome of pleomorphic autoimmunity characterized by the clinical triad of hypoparathyroidism, hypoadrenalism, and candidiasis, arises from defects in the AIRE (autoimmune regulator) gene,
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Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes, Types I, II & III
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes, Types I, II & III
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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see also social change, social connections polyglandular failure I, 62
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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see also social change, social connections polyglandular failure I, 62
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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