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Also by Ina L. Yalof:

Women And Autoimmune Disease, July 2005
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Also by Robert G. Lahita:

Women And Autoimmune Disease, July 2005
Paperback
Lupus Q + A, June 2004
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WOMEN AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
By: Ina L. Yalof, Robert G. Lahita

The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself

Harper
July 2005
On Sale: July 1, 2005
304 pages
ISBN: 0060081503
EAN: 9780060081508
Paperback
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Self-Help Health

A cutting-edge examination of the mysterious world of autoimmune disease—and the new discoveries made daily that may save women's lives

Autoimmune diseases—including chronic fatigue syndrome, vasculitis, juvenile diabetes, alopecia, Graves' disease, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis—are among the most devastating conditions afflicting women today and the most resistant to diagnosis and treatment. In all of them, the body's immune system begins to attack healthy and normally functioning cells. And one of the biggest puzzles is why 80 percent of autoimmune disease sufferers are women. In this groundbreaking book, world-class immunologist Dr. Robert Lahita brings years of intensive research, patient care, and diagnostics to shed light on the mysteries of these conditions, with a particular focus on how they affect—and how he treats—women.

Through case studies, he reveals the early warning signs, symptoms, diagnostic processes, and the most innovative treatments for all the most common—and many of the less well known—autoimmune diseases. He offers a scientifically sound and sensitive work that is the best resource available to help understand these perplexing and debilitating diseases.

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