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- adjective Describing a condition where the
immune system reacts to the body itself.
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Most diseases which may be defined as auto-immune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, will prevent you from registering to become a potential volunteer donor.
Site Home Michael S. Kaplan 2011
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The sixth title is poet Sarah Manguso's memoir of dealing with an auto-immune disease, The Two Kinds of Decay.
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The cable explained that he "suffered a rare auto-immune reaction to the procedure and the plugs had to be removed."
Gaddafi is ecccentric but the firm master of his regime, Wikileaks cables say 2011
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The cable explained that he "suffered a rare auto-immune reaction to the procedure and the plugs had to be removed."
Gaddafi is ecccentric but the firm master of his regime, Wikileaks cables say 2011
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The one time we were questioned, it was over our RV refrigerator being mostly full of pre-packaged syringes of his auto-immune suppressant.
Other than your favorite foods, what was the hardest thing to give up when you moved to Mexico? 2009
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The 31-year-old, a finalist in 2003, has not played a competitive match since pulling out of the US Open in August last year after being diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an auto-immune disease.
Venus Williams pulls out of Australian Open for health reasons 2012
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Two years earlier, she had developed an auto-immune disease out of the blue and her kidneys had failed as a result.
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I have read that some researchers think that obesity has an auto-immune component and I wonder if it is possible that this could be related to these new DNA combinations we are unwittingly ingesting.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity Goes Viral? 2009
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Venus Williams has still to play a competitive match since being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease in August last year.
Venus Williams pulls out of Australian Open for health reasons 2012
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Our medications included everything from BP meds to the auto-immune suppressant and narcotic medications my husband needed to control rheumatoid arthritis.
Other than your favorite foods, what was the hardest thing to give up when you moved to Mexico? 2009
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