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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
There are no established risk factors for [disease name].
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The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
Risk Factors
- There are no established risk factors for autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome. However, patients with single autoimmune disorder are at an increased risk of having another autoimmune disorder. The following is the list of autoimmune disorders which may put a patient at an increased risk for autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome.
- Addison's disease
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Autoimmune thyroiditis
- Hypogonadism (usually autoimmune oophoritis)
- Vitiligo
- Pernicious anemia
- Chronic atrophic gastritis
- Chronic active hepatitis
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Myasthenia gravis