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Disease that results from an immune system response against self-antigens. They result from the breakdown of the normal mechanisms of self-tolerance. These diseases include rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes mellitus.
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| autoimmune disease |
Disease in which the immune system produces antibodies against the body's own cells, destroying healthy tissue.
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| autoimmune disease |
The body's normally protective immune system causes damage to its own tissues. The body responds as if normal tissues are infected or somehow abnormal.
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| autoimmune disease |
An immunological disease caused by the immune system attacking the body's own organs or tissues.
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| autoimmune disease |
Any disorder in which loss of function or destruction of normal tissue arises from humoral or cellular immune responses of the individual to his own tissue constituents; may be systemic, as systemic lupus erythematosus, or organ specific, as thyroiditis 2 .
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