Synset

any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
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autoimmune disease

autoimmune disorder

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myasthenia gravis, myasthenia multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes Graves' disease, exophthalmic goiter rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism ankylosing spondylitis, Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis discoid lupus erythematosus, DLE Hashimoto's disease lupus erythematosus, LE pemphigus scleroderma, dermatosclerosis thrombocytopenic purpura, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease

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