Autoimmune diseases arise from an abnormal immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body (autoimmunity). This may be restricted to certain organs (e.g. in autoimmune thyroiditis) or involve a particular tissue in different places (e.g. Goodpasture`s disease which may affect the basement membrane in both t....
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(from the article `immune system disorder`) The mechanism by which the enormous diversity of B and T cells is generated is a random process that inevitably gives rise to some receptors that ... Autoimmune diseases are divided into two classes: organ-specific and systemic. An organ-specific disease is one in which an immune response is ....
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A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
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Any of a group of disorders caused by the body's production of antibodies which attack the bodies own tissues. Examples of such an autoimmune diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an inflammation of the connective tissue o...
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disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign.
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disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body
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<disease> A disease process that involves the production of host antibodies to host tissue. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(aw″to-ĭ-mūn´) disease associated with the production of antibodies directed against one's own tissues. The immunological mechanism of the body is dependent on both inactivation and rejection of foreign substances and the ability to differentiate between the body's own material (self) and that which is f...
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An attack initiated by the body's immune system against its own tissues.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. any disorder in which loss of function or destruction of normal tissue arises from humoral or cellular immune responses to the body's own tissue constituents; may be systemic, as systemic lupus erythematosus, or organ specific, as thyroiditis.
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Autoimmune disease: An illness that occurs when the body tissues are attacked by its own immune system. The immune system is a complex organization within the body that is designed normally to 'seek and destroy' invaders of the body, including infectious agents. Patients with autoimmune diseases frequently have unusual antibodies circulating in the...
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Disorder of the body’s immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign.
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A condition in which the immune system inappropriately attacks a body tissue. Multiple sclerosis, some kinds of rheumatism, lupus, and Type 1 diabetes are examples. The reasons for the immune system misbehavior are not, in general, understood.
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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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loss of tolerance to self, resulting in immune-mediated destruction of self cells and tissues
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Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign.
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a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks itself
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autoimmune disorder noun 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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disorder of the bodys immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue considered foreign.
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a disease resulting from a disordered immune reaction in which antibodies are produced against one's own tissues, as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis.
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A disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks itself; examples of these diseases include type 1 diabetes, hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease, and hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto's disease.
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