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APS American Physiological Society.
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Q. My boy has diabetes. Recently he was diagnosed with vitiligo. What is it and what can be the reason for this? My boy has diabetes. recently he was diagnosed with vitiligo. Our doctor said that he hopes it not a polyglandular autoimmune syndrome. what is vitiligo and what does this big phrase (polyglandular autoimmune syndrome) mean?

A. Your boy suffers from two autoimmune diseases. there is a syndrome named polyglandular autoimmune syndrome which is when some one has several autoimmune diseases. Only time will tell if your boy has this syndrome, but you can ask from your GP to take test to check it.
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease of the skin and as most of autoimmune diseases its at least partially genetic. (My mom has vitiligo on her back and legs, and so am I).

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CLOSE DEPLOYMENT A PROBLEM In a corporate network composed of multiple APs based on commodity AP technology, each AP still functions as a separate entity, and the APs on a network are not aware of one another.
APS also attracted about 80 members of Ag Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT), as well as members of the Ag Relations Council (ARC), which held separate meetings in conjunction with APS.
Santana and Muller [28] examined the effects of SBS triblock copolymer to the iPP/aPS blends with aPS as a matrix phase.
 
 
 
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