Proctitis : Risk Factors

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Autoimmune disorders are conditions caused by an immune response against the body's own tissues.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 27, 2007
Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person ' s immune system attacks the body ' s own cells, causing tissue destruction. Autoimmunity is accepted as the cause of a wide range of disorders, and it is suspected to be responsible for many more.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction. Autoimmunity is accepted as the cause of a wide range of disorders and suspected to be responsible for many more.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Diseases in which the immune system attacks the body ' s own healthy tissues, forming antibodies in an assault on mistakenly identified " foreign invaders. " Autoimmune disorders occur when the body ' s immune system loses its ability to recognize the differences between self and nonself tissues.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the general name for ulcerative colitis and Crohn ' s disease. The disease is characterized by swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the intestines.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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