immunological disorder


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Noun1.immunological disorder - a disorder of the immune system
immunodeficiency - immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
immunosuppression - lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer)
disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
anergy - reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen
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immunological disorder Category 1, 2 and 3, which, in layman's term, meant my body was attacking the baby inside me.
In the following months after surgery, 4 of the 11 American College of Rheumatology criteria required for the diagnosis of SLE; ANA positivity, oral ulcers, photosensitivity and immunological disorder presenting with anti-Sm antibody positivity were documented.9 It is a rare finding in SLE to have a vaginal ulcerous lesion.10 We hypothesized that the asymptomatic vaginal ulcer could have caused a chronic inflammatory process eventually resulting in labial adhesion.
It is a rare immunological disorder with an estimated incidence of 1 in 500,000 to 100,000 individuals [4, 6] with both autosomal dominant (AD) and recessive forms (AR) of inheritance [1, 7].
When you discover that Maggie's daughter suffers from an immunological disorder and is prone to anaphylactic attacks leading to alarmingly frequent hospital visits, the strength, urgency and reasoning that underpins I Am, I Am, I Am becomes palpable.
When you discover that Maggie's daughter suffers an immunological disorder and anaphylactic attacks leading to alarmingly frequent hospital visits, the strength, urgency and reasoning that underpins I Am, I Am, I Am becomes palpable.
Celiac disease (CD) is an immunological disorder caused by gluten intolerance.
This case of XGC associated with IBD supports the theory that XGC may be a result of an immunological disorder. The patient's lack of recurrence following local resection suggests that XGC is benign.
This procedure was unique for two reasons -- first the child was suffering from a rare immunological disorder, Familial HLH.
Tokyo, Japan, Sept 20, 2006 - (JCN) - GNI and its Chinese affiliate Shanghai Genomics announced September 15 that they have identified an important regulator and its associated signaling cascade in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP), a human immunological disorder.
Gluten intolerance is a result of celiac disease, a genetic immunological disorder that can be treated only by following a completely gluten-flee diet for life.
She was not identified as having an immunological disorder, and her colitis responded to treatment with ganciclovir, a new antiviral agent.
Increasing demand for biologics and biosimilars, growing incidence rate of oncology and immunological disorder and growth in research activities related to the diseases are driving the market.