Autoimmune hepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis: A disease in which the body’s immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation of the liver (hepatitis). If not treated, autoimmune hepatitis can lead to cirrhosis (scarring and hardening) of the liver and eventually to liver failure.
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- Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS): A disease caused by failure of lymphocytes to die once they have finished doing their job. As a result, lymphocytes hang around in the spleen and lymph nodes which grow large, and immune cells attack the body’s own tissues, a condition known as autoimmunity. ALPS is characterized by: Anemia due to […]
- Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy: A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism — underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium, candidiasis (yeast infection), and adrenal insufficiency (underfunction of the adrenal gland). APECED was the first systemic (bodywide) autoimmune […]
- Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome: A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism — underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium, candidiasis (yeast infection), and adrenal insufficiency (underfunction of the adrenal gland). The autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome was the first […]
- Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS)
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS): A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism — underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium, candidiasis (yeast infection), and adrenal insufficiency (underfunction of the adrenal gland). APS was the first systemic (bodywide) […]
- Autoimmune process
Autoimmune process: A process in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys body tissue that it mistakes for foreign matter. See also: Autoimmune disease; and Autoimmunity.