Intergenerational anticipation of disease onset in people with multiple autoimmune syndrome

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2011 Nov;94(2):e37-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.07.022. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

Abstract

We compared the intergenerational variations of the clinical phenotype between 30 patients affected with multiple autoimmune syndrome (MAS) and their affected first- and second-degree relatives. Mean age at onset was always significantly higher in the previous generation than in probands for all the considered diseases.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis
  • Autoimmune Diseases / epidemiology
  • Autoimmune Diseases / genetics*
  • Celiac Disease / epidemiology
  • Celiac Disease / genetics
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / genetics
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Heredity
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Syndrome
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / epidemiology
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / genetics
  • Young Adult