Autoimmune disease
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Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues. The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of autoimmune diseases and develop better treatments.
Research & News
Labs and Groups
These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.
Canadian-Led Immunotherapies Collaborative
Cognitive Health in Multiple Sclerosis Research Lab
FW SCOTT LAB Group
Catherine Ivory
Senior Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Publications
The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.
Navigating Bullous Pemphigoid: Consensus Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management-A Canadian Perspective.
2025-11-01 Go to publicationInfectious complications after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with an autoimmune indication: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
2025-05-01 Go to publicationAngioedema Due to Acquired C1-Inhibitor Deficiency Without Hematological Condition: A Multicenter French Cohort Study of 34 Patients.
2025-03-01 Go to publicationEndoscopic and clinical characteristics of autoimmune atrophic gastritis: Retrospective study.
2025-01-07 Go to publicationPredictors of relapsing disease course following index event in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD).
2024-03-15 Go to publicationResources
Information for patients: Chemo and blood stem cell transplantation for rare autoimmune diseases
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