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Autoimmune Diseases

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Definition: Disorders that are characterized by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides.  AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM is available   
See Also Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity
Examples Addison Disease; Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease; Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis; Antiphospholipid Syndrome; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System; Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome; Dermatitis Herpetiformis; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Glomerulonephritis, IGA; Glomerulonephritis, Membranous; Graves Disease; Hepatitis, Autoimmune; Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Ophthalmia, Sympathetic; Pemphigoid, Bullous; Pemphigus; Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune 		Other names Diseases, Autoimmune; Disease, Autoimmune; Autoimmune Disease
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections  0   *Autoimmune Diseases *Streptococcal Infections.
Spondyloenchondrodysplasia  0   *Autoimmune Diseases *Osteochondrodysplasias.
Gardner-Diamond syndrome  0   *Autoimmune Diseases *Psychotic Disorders *Skin Diseases, Vascular.
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis  0   *Autoimmune Diseases Progesterone/adverse effects.
Autoimmune limbic encephalitis  0   *Autoimmune Diseases *Limbic Encephalitis.

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