| polyglandular |
pluriglandular.
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| polyglandular autoimmune s.’s |
a group of syndromes that involve combinations of endocrine and nonendocrine autoimmune diseases. Type I (called also autoimmune polyendocrine-candidiasis s.), which occurs in infants and children, is a combination of candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism, and adrenal insufficiency; pernicious anemia, vitiligo, gonadal failure, alopecia, insulin-dependent diabetes, or thyroid autoimmune disease may also occur. Type II is known as Schmidt's s. Called also polyendocrine or polyglandular autoimmune diseases.
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