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American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)
19176 Hall Road, Suite 130
Clinton Township, MI 48038
Toll-free: 800-598-4668
Telephone: 586-776-3900
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E-mail: aarda@aarda.org
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Supported Diseases
Acquired pure red cell aplasia
Synonyms: Idiopathic pure red cell aplasia, Adult pure red cell aplasia, Acquired PRCA

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Synonyms: ADE, ADEM

Addison's disease
Synonyms: Addison disease, Adrenal hypoplasia, Hypoadrenocorticism familial, Adrenal aplasia, Adrenal gland hypofunction

Allergic autoimmune thyroiditis

Alopecia areata
Synonyms: AA, Diffuse alopecia, Patchy alopecia, Marginal alopecia, Alopecia Celsi, Alopecia Cicatrisata, Alopecia Circumscripta, Cazenave's Vitiligo, Celsus' Vitiligo, Jonston's Alopecia

Alopecia universalis
Synonyms: Alopecia areata universalis, AU

Ankylosing spondylitis
Synonyms: Ankylosing spondyloarthritis, Bechterew syndrome, Marie-Strumpell spondylitis

Annular atrophic lichen planus
Synonyms: Annular atrophic LP

Annular lichen planus
Synonyms: Annular LP

Antiphospholipid syndrome
Synonyms: Familial antiphospholipid syndrome, Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Lupus anticoagulant, familial, APS, Hughes syndrome

Antisynthetase syndrome
Synonyms: Anti-Jo1 syndrome, AS syndrome

Artritis idiopática juvenil
Synonyms: Artritis juvenil crónica, Artritis juvenil reumatoide, Artritis reumatoide juvenil

Atrophic lichen planus
Synonyms: Atrophic LP

Autoimmune atrophic gastritis

Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy
Synonyms: Autoimmune Autonomic Neuropathy

Autoimmune encephalitis

Autoimmune enteropathy

Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility
Synonyms: AGID

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Synonyms: Anemia hemolytic autoimmune, Acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Familial auto-immune hemolytic anemia (subtype), Immuno-hemolytic anemia

Autoimmune hepatitis
Synonyms: Autoimmune chronic hepatitis, AIH

Autoimmune Inner Ear disease
Synonyms: AIED

Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
Synonyms: ALPS, Canale-Smith syndrome, Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome type 1, autosomal dominant, FAS deficiency

Autoimmune myocarditis

Autoimmune oophoritis

Autoimmune pancreatitis
Synonyms: Lymphoplasmocytic sclerosing pancreatitis

Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1
Synonyms: APS 1, Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1, Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED), Hypoadrenocorticism with hypoparathyroidism and superficial moniliasis, Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome type 1, Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 1, PGA 1, PGA-I, Whitaker syndrome, Type I Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome, Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type I

Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2
Synonyms: Diabetes mellitus, Addison's disease, myxedema, Multiple endocrine deficiency syndrome, type 2, Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome, type 2, Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2, Schmidt syndrome, Schmidt's syndrome, APS2, PGA 2, Polyglandular deficiency syndrome type 2, Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type II, PGA-II

Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3
Synonyms: Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 3, APS3, Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 3, PAS3, Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type III, PGA-III

Autoimmune retinopathy

Balo disease

Behçet disease
Synonyms: Behçet's syndrome, Behçet syndrome, BD, Behcet syndrome, Behcet's disease, Behçet’s disease, Behcet's syndrome, Behçet's disease

Blau syndrome
Synonyms: Arthrocutaneouveal granulomatosis, ACUG, Granulomatosis, familial, Blau type, Granulomatous inflammatory arthritis, dermatitis, and uveitis, familial, Synovitis granulomatous with uveitis and cranial neuropathies, Granulomatosis, familial juvenile systemic, Jabs syndrome, Early onset sarcoidosis (former)

Bullous pemphigoid
Synonyms: Senile Dermatitis Herpetiformis, Pemphigoid, Parapemphigus, Old Age Pemphigus, Benign Pemphigus

Castleman disease
Synonyms: Angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia, Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia, Giant lymph node hyperplasia, Benign giant lymphoma

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
Synonyms: Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Thrombotic storm

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Synonyms: CIDP, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
Synonyms: CRMO, Multifocal osteomyelitis, chronic, Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, CMO, Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis/Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, CNO/CRMO

Cogan's syndrome
Synonyms: Cogan syndrome

Cold agglutinin disease
Synonyms: Anemia, hemolytic, cold antibody, Cold antibody hemolytic anemia, Cold antibody disease, CAD

Complement component 2 deficiency

Congenital heart block
Synonyms: Heart block congenital

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Synonyms: Lupus erythematosus, cutaneous

Demyelinating disease of central nervous system
Synonyms: Demyelinating CNS disease

Dermatitis herpetiformis familial
Synonyms: Dermatitis herpetiformis, Duhring-Brocq disease

Dermatomyositis
Synonyms: Adult dermatomyositis

Enfermedad de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada

Eosinophilic cystitis

Eosinophilic fasciitis
Synonyms: Shulman syndrome, EF

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
Synonyms: Eosinophilic gastritis, Eosinophilic enteritis, Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy, Eosinophilic esophagitis, EGE, Eosinophilic gastroenterocolitis

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Synonyms: CSS, Allergic granulomatous and angiitis, Allergic angiitis and granulomatosis, Allergic granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss vasculitis, Granulomatous allergic angiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, EGPA

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
Synonyms: EB acquisita, EBA, Acquired epidermolysis bullosa

Erythema nodosum, idiopathic
Synonyms: Idiopathic erythema nodosum, Erythema nodosum of unknown etiology

Evans syndrome
Synonyms: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia and autoimmune thrombocytopenia, Evan syndrome

Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome
Synonyms: FCAS, Familial polymorphous cold eruption, Familial cold urticaria

Familial erythema nodosum
Synonyms: Erythema nodosum, familial

Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease
Synonyms: FUMHD, Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease, Variant of Mucha-Habermann disease

Felty's syndrome
Synonyms: Felty syndrome, Rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly and neutropenia, Familial Felty's syndrome

Fibrosis retroperitoneal
Synonyms: Enfermedad de Ormond

Giant cell arteritis
Synonyms: GCA, Temporal arteritis, Cranial arteritis, Horton’s disease, Horton's arteritis, Horton's giant cell arteritis, Horton’s syndrome, Horton's temporal arteritis, Arteritis temporalis, Arteritis cranialis

Giant cell myocarditis
Synonyms: GCM, Idiopathic giant-cell myocarditis

Glomerulonephritis
Synonyms: Bright's disease

Goodpasture syndrome
Synonyms: Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with pulmonary hemorrhage, Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease, Glomerulonephritis - pulmonary hemorrhage, Pulmonary renal syndrome

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Synonyms: GPA, WG, Wegener granulomatosis, Midline granulomatosis

Graves disease
Synonyms: Basedow disease, Exophthalmic goiter, Parry disease, Graves' hyperthyroidism

Guillain-Barre syndrome
Synonyms: Acute autoimmune peripheral neuropathy, GBS, Acute immune-mediated polyneuropathy, Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute inflammatory neuropathy, Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy, Landry-Guillain-Barre-Strohl syndrome, Landry's ascending paralysis, Post-infective polyneuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome

Hashimoto encephalopathy
Synonyms: Hashimoto's encephalopathy, Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis

Hashimoto's syndrome
Synonyms: Autoimmune thyroiditis, Hashimoto's disease, Thyroiditis, chronic, Hashimoto's struma, Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Synonyms: Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch, Anaphylactoid purpura, Vascular purpura, Henoch Schonlein purpura, Immunoglobulin A vasculitis, Immunoglobulin-A vasculitis

Hyper IgE syndrome
Synonyms: Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, HIES, Hyper-IgE recurrent infection syndrome

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Synonyms: Fibrosing alveolitis, cryptogenic, Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Fibrocystic pulmonary dysplasia, Fibrosing alveolitis

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Synonyms: ITP, Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, Thrombocytopenic purpura autoimmune

IgA nephropathy
Synonyms: Nephritis, IGA type, IGAN, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Berger's disease, Berger disease

IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis
Synonyms: Mikulicz's disease (former), Mikulicz disease (former), Mikulicz syndrome (former), Chronic dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis

Inclusion body myositis
Synonyms: IBM, Inflammatory myopathy, Sporadic inclusion body myositis

Insulin autoimmune syndrome
Synonyms: Hirata disease, Insulin autoimmune hypoglycemia

Interstitial cystitis
Synonyms: IC, Pelvic pain syndrome, Trigonitis, Painful bladder syndrome, PBS, Bladder pain syndrome, IC/BPS, IC/PBS, Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

Juvenile dermatomyositis
Synonyms: Juvenile DM

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Synonyms: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid, Juvenile chronic arthritis, Juvenile arthritis

Kawasaki disease
Synonyms: Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, Kawasaki syndrome

Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Synonyms: LEMS, Eaton Lambert syndrome, Lambert Eaton syndrome, Myasthenic syndrome of Lambert-Eaton, Myasthenic-Myopathic syndrome of Lambert-Eaton

Lichen planopilaris
Synonyms: Follicular lichen planus, Frontal fibrosing alopecia (subtype), Kossard disease, Lichen planopilaris classic type, LPP, Lichen planus follicularis, Lichen follicularis

Lichen planus pemphigoides
Synonyms: LP pemphigoides

Lichen sclerosus
Synonyms: Lichen sclerosis, Lichen sclerosis et atrophicus, Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis
Synonyms: Limited cutaneous systemic scleroderma, CREST syndrome

Linear IgA disease
Synonyms: Linear IgA dermatosis, Linear immunoglobulin A (IgA) dermatosis, LAD, Linear IgA bullous dermatosis

Linear lichen planus
Synonyms: Blaschkoid LP, Blaschkoid lichen planus, Linear LP, LLP

Lupus
Synonyms: Systemic lupus erythematosus, Disseminated lupus erythematosus, Lupus erythematosus, Discoid lupus, Subacute cutaneous lupus, SLE

Mannose-binding lectin protein deficiency
Synonyms: MBL deficiency, Mannose-binding protein deficiency

Ménière's disease
Synonyms: Meniere's disease, Meniere disease

Microscopic polyangiitis

Mixed connective tissue disease
Synonyms: MCTD, Sharp syndrome

Mucous membrane pemphigoid
Synonyms: Benign mucosal pemphigoid, Benign mucous membrane pemphigoid, Cicatricial pemphigoid disease

Multiple sclerosis
Synonyms: MS

Myasthenia gravis

Myasthenia gravis congenital
Synonyms: Congenital MG, Myasthenia gravis pseudoparalytica, Erb-Goldflam syndrome

Narcolepsy
Synonyms: Narcoleptic syndrome, Gelineau syndrome, Gelineau's syndrome, Narcolepsy-cataplexy syndrome, Paroxysmal sleep

Neonatal systemic lupus erythematosus
Synonyms: Neonatal SLE, Neonatal lupus syndrome, Neonatal lupus, Congenital lupus erythematosus, Congenital lupus

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
Synonyms: Devic syndrome, NMO, Devic's neuromyelitis optica, Devic disease, NMO spectrum disorder, Neuromyelitis optica, Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
Synonyms: Cicatricial pemphigoid, ocular, Pemphigoid, ocular cicatricial

Orofacial Granulomatosis

Palindromic rheumatism
Synonyms: Palindromic rheumatism syndrome, Hench-Rosenberg syndrome, Hench's syndrome

Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders
Synonyms: PND

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Synonyms: PNH, Marchiafava-Micheli disease

Pars planitis
Synonyms: Intermediate uveitis, Peripheral retinal inflammation, Vitritis

Parsonage Turner syndrome
Synonyms: Acute brachial neuritis, Acute brachial neuritis syndrome, Acute brachial radiculitis syndrome, Acute shoulder neuritis, Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcus infections
Synonyms: PANDAS, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus, Pediatric autoimmune disorders associated with Streptococcus infections

Pemphigus

Pernicious anemia
Synonyms: Acquired pernicious anemia, Biermer anemia, Addison-Biermer anemia, Addisonian anemia, Juvenile onset pernicious anemia, Biermer's disease

POEMS syndrome
Synonyms: Polyneuropathy organomegaly, Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, M protein, and Skin changes syndrome, Crow-Fukase syndrome

Polyarteritis nodosa
Synonyms: PAN, Periarteritis, Polyarteritis

Polymyositis

Primary agammaglobulinemia
Synonyms: Antibody Deficiency, Gammaglobulin Deficiency, Immunoglobulin Deficiency

Primary biliary cholangitis
Synonyms: PBC, Familial primary biliary cirrhosis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Synonyms: Cholangitis, primary sclerosing, Sclerosing cholangitis

Progressive hemifacial atrophy
Synonyms: Parry-Romberg syndrome, Hemifacial atrophy, progressive, Romberg hemi-facial atrophy

Psoriatic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Synonyms: Juvenile psoriatic arthritis, Psoriasis-related JIA, Psoriasis-related juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Pure red cell aplasia
Synonyms: PRCA

Pyoderma gangrenosum

Rare lichen planus
Synonyms: Rare LP

Reactive arthritis
Synonyms: Post-infectious arthritis, Post-infectious reactive arthropathy, PIRA, Reiter syndrome, Reiter's syndrome

Relapsing polychondritis
Synonyms: Chronic atrophic polychondritis, Recurrent polychondritis, Polychondropathia

Restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, 1
Synonyms: RLS1

Restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, 2
Synonyms: RLS2

Restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, 3
Synonyms: RLS3

Restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, 4
Synonyms: RLS 4

Restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, 5
Synonyms: RLS 5

Restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, 6
Synonyms: RLS6, Periodic limb movements in sleep

Retroperitoneal fibrosis
Synonyms: Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, Ormond's disease, IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis, Ormond disease

Rheumatic Fever
Synonyms: Acute Rheumatic Fever, Inflammatory Rheumatism

Sarcoidosis
Synonyms: Sarcoid of Boeck, Schaumann's disease

Scleroderma

Secondary adrenal insufficiency

Selective IgA deficiency
Synonyms: IGAD1, Immunoglobulin A, selective deficiency of, IgA, selective deficiency of, Gamma-A-globulin, selective deficiency of, Immunoglobulin A deficiency 1

Síndrome de antisintetasas

Síndrome de Guillain-Barré
Synonyms: Síndrome de Guillain-Barré-Strohl

Sjogren syndrome
Synonyms: Sicca syndrome, Sjogren-Gougerot syndrome

Sjogren's syndrome, juvenile, secondary to autoimmune disease

Stiff person syndrome
Synonyms: Stiff man syndrome, Morsch Woltman syndrome, SPS, Moersch-Woltman syndrome, SMS, Stiff person syndrome and related disorders

Subacute cerebellar degeneration
Synonyms: Cerebellar degeneration, subacute, SCD, Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration, Nutritional cerebellar degeneration

Susac syndrome
Synonyms: Retinocochleocerebral vasculopathy, SICRET (small infarction of cochlear, retinal, and encephalic tissue) syndrome

Takayasu arteritis
Synonyms: TA, Young female arteritis, Takayasu disease, Pulseless disease, Aortic arch syndrome

Tolosa Hunt syndrome
Synonyms: THS, Painful ophthalmoplegia, Nonspecific inflammation of the cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure, Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
Synonyms: Undifferentiated connective tissue syndrome, UCTD

Unicentric Castleman disease
Synonyms: Unicentric angiofollicular ganglionic hyperplasia, Unicentric angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia, Localized Castleman disease

Vasculitis
Synonyms: Vasculitis, autoimmune, Angiitis, Autoimmune vasculitis

Vitiligo

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
Synonyms: VKH syndrome, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, Uveomenigitic syndrome, VKH disease

Warm antibody hemolytic anemia
Synonyms: Warm-reacting-antibody hemolytic anemia, Warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Warm antibody AIHA

Wells syndrome
Synonyms: Eosinophilic cellulitis, Bullous cellulitis with eosinophilia, Wells' syndrome

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