On a 'bidirectional relationship' between depression and autoimmune disorders

" We replicated the finding that autoimmune disorders are frequently comorbid with depression , using a longitudinal national birth co...

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"Predisposition" to autoimmunity and inflammatory activation linked to autistic regression?

The paper by Ori Scott and colleagues [1] provides some very welcome interest in the concept of regression in relation to autism. As I'...

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Autoimmune disease(s) and ADHD: birds of a feather?

" A personal history and a maternal history of autoimmune disease were associated with an increased risk of ADHD  [ attention-deficit ...

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"Autoimmune epilepsy is an underrecognized condition..."

" Among adult patients with epilepsy of unknown etiology, a significant minority had detectable serum Abs  [ autoantibodies ]  suggest...

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The ties that bind? Comorbidity and autism (again)

" It was found that 92.9% of participants presented with a family history of autoimmune disease. " That was one of the headline fi...

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Parental autoimmunity and offspring autism risk... yet again

Here we go again. " A positive association between maternal autoimmune diseases and the risk of ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  in off...

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Elevated offspring autism in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

" Compared to children from the general population, children born to women with SLE  [ systemic lupus erythematosus ]  have an increase...

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