| NOUN | an autoimmune disease | autoimmune diseases |
| SYNO | autoimmune disease | autoimmune disorder |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Autoimmune disease can result from abnormal B cell recognition of self-antigens followed by the production of autoantibodies.
- Recently, a large body of scientific research deals with the background of autoimmune disease, the cause of many rheumatic disorders.
- In 1835, Irish doctor Robert James Graves discovered a link between the protrusion of the eyes and goiter, giving his name to the autoimmune disease now known as Graves' Disease.
- Gluten ataxia is an autoimmune disease triggered by the ingestion of gluten.
- Sometimes antigens are part of the host itself in an autoimmune disease.
- He died the following year from the autoimmune disease pemphigus, which he developed while at the Russian front.
- Mononucleosis is sometimes accompanied by secondary cold agglutinin disease, an autoimmune disease in which abnormal circulating antibodies directed against red blood cells can lead to a form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
- Hemolytic disease of the newborn is an autoimmune disease resulting from the mother's antibodies crossing the placenta to the fetus.
- Crohn's disease is widely regarded as an autoimmune disease.
- Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disease characterized by T-cells infiltrating the colon.
- The thinking is, that because Crohn's disease has strong innate immune system involvement and has NOD2 mutations as a predisposition, Crohn's disease is more likely an autoinflammatory disease than an autoimmune disease.
- Vasculitis is inflammation of the vessel wall, due to autoimmune disease or infection.
- Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the insulin-secreting beta cells of the pancreas.
- Nephrology also studies systemic conditions that affect the kidneys, such as diabetes and autoimmune disease; and systemic diseases that occur as a result of kidney disease, such as renal osteodystrophy and hypertension.
- Involvement of sex steroids is indicated by that many autoimmune diseases tend to fluctuate in accordance with hormonal changes, for example: during pregnancy, in the menstrual cycle, or when using oral contraception.
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