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autoimmune diseaseAn 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 their blood t [..]
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autoimmune diseaseA condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
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autoimmune diseaseAn immunological disorder in which the immune system turns against itself.
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autoimmune diseaseAny disease in which an animal's body creates antibodies that are used against itself.
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autoimmune diseaseAny disorder that causes the immune system to attack the body’s own tissues.
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autoimmune diseaseCharacterized by an abnormal immune response to a person's own (self) antigen. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All rights reserved. Pierce, B. Genetics: A conceptual approach. 2nd Ed [..]
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autoimmune diseaseWhen the immune System mistakenly identifies its own tissues as foreign, and attacks them, causing tissue damage and inflammation.
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autoimmune diseaseA disease in which the body produces an immunogenic (i.e., immune system) response to some constituent of its own tissue. In other words the immune system loses its ability to recognize some tissue or [..]
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autoimmune diseaseA disease that occurs when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the body itself.
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autoimmune diseasedisease caused by an immune response against foreign substances in the tissues of one's own body.
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autoimmune disease(AW-toh-ih-MYOON) 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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autoimmune diseaseAn 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" [..]
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autoimmune diseaseA condition in which antibodies form against one's own cells.
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autoimmune diseaseA disease in which the immune system mistakenly identifies healthy tissues and organs as threats and responds by attacking and destroying them.
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autoimmune diseasea condition in which the body's immune system reacts against its own tissues.
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autoimmune diseaseDisorders that are characterized by the production of Antibodies that react with host Tissues or immune effector Cells that are autoreactive to endogenous Peptides.
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autoimmune diseaseDisorders caused by cellular or humoral immune responses primarily directed towards Nervous System Autoantigens. The immune response may be directed towards specific Tissue components (e.g., myelin) a [..]
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autoimmune diseasedisorder of the body's immune system
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autoimmune diseaseA disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly fights and rejects the body's own normal tissue. For example, Lupus is an autoimmune disease.
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autoimmune diseaseA condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
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autoimmune diseasea disorder in which a person’s immune system attacks parts of his or her own body.
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autoimmune diseasean attack of the immune system on the body's normal cells, tissues, or organs
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autoimmune disease[aw-toh-i-myoon dih-zeez] Arises from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body attacks its own organs. The immune [..]
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autoimmune diseaseA process in which the body's immune system causes illness by mistakenly attacking healthy cells, organs, or tissues in the body that are essential for good health. Multiple sclerosis is believed [..]
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autoimmune diseasedisease in which the body's immune system, which normally fights infections and viruses, is misdirected and attacks the body's own normal, healthy tissue through inflammation (swelling).
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autoimmune diseaseA disease occurring when an individual's immune system attacks the body's own tissues or extracellular proteins. This disease results from a reduction in the body's tolerance to the antigens located on its own cells. For example, multiple sclerosis results from the body's own antibodies attacking the myelin sheat [..]
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autoimmune diseaseA condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
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autoimmune diseaseWhen the body’s own immune system attacks its own tissue, it is known as an autoimmune disease. MS is believed to be an autoimmune disease.
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autoimmune diseaseA disease in which a part of the body’s immune system attacks its own cells that make up part of the body, such as skin, connective or joint tissue, intestinal tissue, nerve cells, etc.
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