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Immune System Diseases

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Definition: Disorders caused by abnormal or absent immunologic mechanisms, whether humoral, cell-mediated, or both.  GEN: prefer specifics   
See Also Blood Protein Disorders
Examples Autoimmune Diseases; Blood Group Incompatibility; Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative; Graft vs Host Disease; Hypersensitivity; Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
Other names Immunologic Diseases; Immune Disorders; Immunological Disease; Immunologic Disease; Immune System Disease; Immune Disorder; Immune Disease; Disorders, Immune; Disorder, Immune; Diseases, Immunological; Diseases, Immunologic; Diseases, Immune System; Diseases, Immune; Disease, Immunological; Disease, Immunologic; Disease, Immune System; Disease, Immune; Immunological Diseases; Diseases of Immune System; Immune Diseases

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