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  2. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Causes that may contribute to the development of PRES are: immunosuppression (especially for organ transplantation, e.g. with tacrolimus), severe infection and/or sepsis, chemotherapy, autoimmune disease, and pre-eclampsia. High blood pressure is often present.

  3. List of autoimmune diseases - Wikipedia

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    This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...

  4. Cerebral vasculitis - Wikipedia

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    The exact mechanism of the primary disease is unknown. Possible secondary causes of cerebral vasculitis are infections such as with varicella zoster virus (chicken pox or shingles), systemic auto-immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis, medications and drugs (amphetamine, cocaine and heroin), some ...

  5. Autoimmune disease - Wikipedia

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    The exact causes of autoimmune diseases remain unclear and are likely multifactorial, involving both genetic and environmental influences. [7] While some diseases like lupus exhibit familial aggregation, suggesting a genetic predisposition , other cases have been associated with infectious triggers or exposure to environmental factors, implying ...

  6. From strokes to heart attacks: Doctor highlights most ... - AOL

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    As for lupus - an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks its own tissues, causing inflammation in the body - Dr Nance shared in the 20th video of her series that women between the ...

  7. Encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    When referring to a disease, encephalopathy refers to a wide variety of brain disorders with very different etiologies, prognoses and implications. For example, prion diseases, all of which cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies , are invariably fatal, but other encephalopathies are reversible and can have a number of causes including ...