Meaning of AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues |
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| | Synonyms: | | autoimmune disorder |
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| | See Also: | | ankylosing spondylitis, atrophic arthritis, autoimmune diabetes, autoimmunity, dermatosclerosis, discoid lupus erythematosus, disease, DLE, growth-onset diabetes, Hashimoto's disease, IDDM, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, LE, lupus erythematosus, Marie-Strumpell disease, purpura hemorrhagica, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, scleroderma, thrombocytopenic purpura, Type I diabetes, Werlhof's disease | |
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| | Definition: | | A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them. |
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| | Definition: | | Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign. insulin-dependent diabetes is an autoimmune disease because the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells. |
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