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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Risk Factors

Risk factors for the autoimmune type of Addison's disease include other autoimmune diseases:

• Chronic thyroiditis
• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Graves' disease
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Hypopituitarism
• Myasthenia gravis
• Pernicious anemia
• Testicular dysfunction
• Type I diabetes
• Vitiligo

Certain genetic defects may cause these conditions.