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syndrome
(redirected from autoimmune syndrome)

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syndrome
Med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder

syndrome [′sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A group of signs and symptoms which together characterize a disease. Also known as complex.


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Since pernicious anemia is an autoimmune condition, it is important to establish a diagnosis as patients with this condition have a higher incidence of developing other autoimmune syndromes and have an increased incidence of gastric cancer.
4) The association of positive serum anti-intrinsic factor antibodies with anti-peroxidase thyroid antibodies in this patient may be indicative of the severity of this autoimmune syndrome.
Instead, the researchers say, BSE results from a self-limiting autoimmune syndrome purely attributable to the inadequately treated animal feeds of the early 1980s.
 
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