| autoimmune disease |
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.
출처: www.nowndds.com/definitions%20A.htm
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| autoimmune disease |
Although the main purpose of the body's immune system is to fight infection, sometimes the immune system turns on the body itself, damaging parts of the body. The diseases produced when this occurs are called autoimmune diseases. Currently available evidence suggests that multiple sclerosis may be an autoimmune disease.
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