title: Autoimmune diseases: overview and current concepts of pathogenesis.
abstract: No single theory or mechanism can adequately explain all features or pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The clinically wide spectrum of autoimmune diseases is best considered as the mosaic of autoimmunity and the many factors involved are genetic, hormonal, immunological, and environmental. These multifactorial considerations help to explain not only the diversity of various clinical diseases encountered but also the differences in clinical manifestations from patient to patient within the same disease group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunopathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5131.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Deodhar
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology