autoimmune disease
disorders of adaptive immune system
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Summary
autoimmune disease is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,260 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: hypersensitivity[3], disease[4], immune disorder[5], primary immunodeficiency disease[6]
- Commons category: Autoimmune diseases and disorders[7]
- Afflicts: immune system[8]
- Has cause: type II hypersensitivity[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Autoimmune diseases[10]
- Topic has template: Template:Hypersensitivity disease by cause[11]
- Has effect: nodding disease[12], systemic lupus erythematosus[13], rheumatoid arthritis[14]
- Manifestation of: autoimmunity[15]
- ICD-9-CM: 720[16]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2889[17]
- Health specialty: immunology[18], rheumatology[19]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: cyclosporine[20], azathioprine[21], dexamethasone[22], prednisone[23], methylprednisolone[24]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_417[25], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:417[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[27]
Why It Matters
autoimmune disease has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]