The association between genetics, particularly the genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) and many autoimmune diseases has long been known even though the actual disease susceptibility genes or the mechanism that confers the disease often remain to be elucidated. Here we discuss a number of autoimmune and other inflammatory disease, reviewing the prevalence and epidemiology where known and assessing the value to genetic testing for these conditions.
- Actinic Prurigo
- Addison’s Disease
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Behcet’s
- Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
- Coeliac Disease
- Colitis
- Crohn’s
- Drug Hypersensitivity
- Graves Disease
- Haemochromatosis
- Immunosuppressive Drug Metabolism
- HIV Infection
- Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Narcolepsy
- Osteoarthritis
- Polyarthralgia
- Polyarthritis
- Psoriasis Vulgaris
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Uveitis
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