11.   Even after an autoimmune disorder is diagnosed, patients can often do little beyond treating the various symptoms of the disease.

12.   It is an autoimmune disorder in which the body mysteriously attacks its own healthy tissues.

13.   It is well established, for example, that a bout of strep throat can set off rheumatic fever, an autoimmune disorder.

14.   Later it was rediagnosed as myasthenia gravis, a degenerative autoimmune disorder.

15.   Kinases transmit signals between and within cells and are associated with cancer, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune disorders, and metabolic diseases.

16.   Martin, who lived in Manhattan and East Hampton, had long battled an autoimmune disorder, her family said.

17.   Other studies show a link with autoimmune disorders, Dr. Pennington said.

18.   One of the products is being tested for use against autoimmune disorders and psoriasis, and in safeguarding organ transplants.

19.   Recent studies have failed to find any statistical link between silicone and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

20.   Researchers have shown that certain vaccines are less effective in people under constant stress and they are studying the connection between stress and autoimmune disorders, too.