Meaning of AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER
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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 disease |
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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 disease that results when the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, as in rheumatoid arthritis. |
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