Genetics of Childhood Disorders: XXVIII. Autoimmunity, Part I

Genetics of Childhood Disorders: XXVIII. Autoimmunity, Part I

The immune system occasionally malfunctions and attempts to destroy self-proteins, mistasking them as foreign. The phenomenon is known as autoimmunity. Autoimmune disease comprise a group of more than 75 chronic and disabling illnesses that can target almost any of the body's tissues.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2001-07, Vol.40 (7), p.855-858
Hauptverfasser: MORSHED, SYED, MERCADANTE, MARCOS T., LOMBROSO, PAUL J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Autoimmune Diseases - genetics
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Genetics
Humans
Immune system
Immunity - physiology
Medical disorders
Medical genetics
Medical sciences
Mental and behavioral disorders
Miscellaneous
Molecular Mimicry
Proteins
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self Tolerance - physiology
Superantigens
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Zusammenfassung:The immune system occasionally malfunctions and attempts to destroy self-proteins, mistasking them as foreign. The phenomenon is known as autoimmunity. Autoimmune disease comprise a group of more than 75 chronic and disabling illnesses that can target almost any of the body's tissues.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1097/00004583-200107000-00021