It is difficult to fulfill Koch’s postulates when considering the etiology of autoimmune diseases (AIDs), which are multifactorial
diseases where a primary role is played by genetic factors associated with environmental factors responsible for their clinical
expressions [359]. Direct evidence is restricted to transplacental transmission of IgG pathogenic autoantibodies (Aab) from the affected mother
to her fetus, such as in neonatal myasthenia gravis, polychondritis and Graves’ disease. Indirect evidence comes mainly from
AID reproduction in animal models and/or development of genetically determined AID models, and from the isolation of Aab or
reactive T cells [359]. In this chapter, a multiplicity of abnormalities associated with systemic AIDs in different organs and systems will be
examined.