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AUTOIMMUNE-DISEASE


check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela
origination date: 24/06/2002
originator: Clara
subject field: medicine: disease
URL: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/autoimmune/autoimmune.htm


Conceptual Structures
ISAIMMUNITY-DISORDER
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
IMMUNITY-DISORDER
LIVING-EVENT
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
autoimmune diseasedefinition: condition in which the immune system produces antibodies against body components. Examples of autoimmune diseases include systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers are trying to develop cancer treatments based on the induction of the immune system to produce antibodies against cancer. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
enfermedad autoinmunitariadefinition: Enfermedad en la que el sistema inmune produce anticuerpos para defenderse de componentes del organismo. Las enfermedades autoinmunitarias son lupus eritematoso y artritis reumática. Los científicos están desarrollando tratamientos contra el cáncer basados en la inducción del sistema inmune a producir anticuerpos contra el cáncer. (es)
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
term type: main entry term