Systemic versus organ-specific autoimmune disease
Autoimmune disease also can be classified as systemic or organ specific. Systemic autoimmune diseases, such as SLE, involve multiple organs or tissues, whereas organ-specific autoimmune diseases involve a single organ or tissue, such as the thyroid gland in autoimmune thyroiditis or the islet of Langerhans in type I diabetes (TID).
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