Autoinflammatory/autoimmunity syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA; Shoenfeld's syndrome): A new flame

Publication date: Available online 12 October 2018Source: Autoimmunity ReviewsAuthor(s): Jan Willem Cohen TervaertAbstractIn the present review, recent findings regarding autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome by adjuvants (ASIA) are described. Patients with ASIA present with complaints such as fatigue, cognitive impairment, arthralgias, myalgias, pyrexia, dry eyes and dry mouth. During the last few years, it has been postulated that these symptoms in patients with foreign body implants are due to a chronic inflammatory process and an adjuvant effect of the implanted biomaterial. Ultimately, these inflammatory reactions result in (an increase of) allergies, autoimmune diseases, immune deficiency and/or lymphomas.Pre-existent allergic disease has been found to be an important risk factor for the ...

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