A disease caused when the body mistakenly identifies something that is natural to it as foreign. For example, Rheumatoid Arthritis is a disease caused by an antibody reaction to the body's own joints.
(aw-toh-im-YOON) or rheumatoid diseases: Chronic, systemic diseases caused by the immune system's attack upon some parts of a patient's body. Several of these diseases -- rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, and multiple sclerosis -- are associated with serious eye symptoms.
a large and heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by altered immunity; usually, antibodies form in the blood directed against some part of healthy tissue
Conditions in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks a patient's own organs and tissues.
A large group of diseases in which the immune system recognizes the body's own tissues as foreign and attacks them.
Diseases in which the immune system reacts against the body's own organs or tissues.
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A host of diseases caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking the body's own cells, tissues and organs. Auto-immune diseases are marked by inflammation, but symptoms and complications vary greatly. Some of the most common auto-immune diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis and diabetes mellitus.
Diseases in which the immune system reacts against the body's own tissues or organs.
Black's medical dictionary, G Macpherson ed; 38th ed A collection of conditions in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissues, identifying them as foreign substances. Genetic factors may play a part in this abnormal function, but the causes are not clear.
Diseases which are thought to be caused by the body not recognizing its own antigens.