Helicobacter pylori and autoimmune disease: Cause or bystander

Table 2 Autoimmune diseases or autoimmune diseases-related disorders which have not been studied for their possible (direct or indirect) relation with Helicobacter pylori infection

	AID or AID-related disorders not linked to H. pylori
1	Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
2	Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
3	Addison's disease
4	Agammaglobulinemia
5	Amyloidosis
6	Ankylosing spondylitis
7	Anti-GBM/Anti-TBM nephritis
8	Autoimmune aplastic anemia
9	Autoimmune dysautonomia
10	Autoimmune immunodeficiency
11	Autoimmune inner ear disease
12	Autoimmune retinopathy
13	Balo disease
14	Castleman disease
15	Chronic fatigue syndrome
16	Churg-Strauss syndrome
17	Cicatricial pemphigoid/benign mucosal pemphigoid
18	Congenital heart block
19	Coxsackie myocarditis
20	CREST disease
21	Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
22	Discoid lupus
23	Dressler’s syndrome
24	Endometriosis
25	Evans syndrome
26	Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (formerly called Wegener’s Granulomatosis)
27	Hashimoto’s encephalitis
28	Herpes gestationis
29	Juvenile myositis
30	Lambert-Eaton syndrome
31	Lichen sclerosus
32	Ligneous conjunctivitis
33	Lyme disease,
34	(Chronic) Meniere’s disease
35	Mucha-Habermann disease
36	Myasthenia gravis
37	Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus
38	Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
39	Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
40	Parry Romberg syndrome
41	Parsonage-Turner syndrome
42	POEMS syndrome
43	Postmyocardial infarction syndrome
44	Postpericardiotomy syndrome
45	Progesterone dermatitis
46	Psoriatic arthritis
47	Pure red cell aplasia
48	Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
49	Restless legs syndrome
50	Retroperitoneal fibrosis
51	Rheumatic fever
52	Schmidt syndrome
53	Scleritis
54	Sperm and testicular autoimmunity
55	Stiff person syndrome
56	Subacute bacterial endocarditis
57	Susac’s syndrome
58	Sympathetic ophthalmia
59	Takayasu’s arteritis
60	Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
61	Vitiligo

The list includes diseases in alphabetical order as they have been deposited in the official website of AARDA (American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association) with minor revisions. Diseases with at least one study (Pubmed Search) investigating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as a trigger have been included. AID: Autoimmune disease.