Organs Of The Immune System
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Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by variable weakness of voluntary muscles, which often improves with rest and worsens with activity. The condition is caused by an abnormal
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In myasthenia gravis, weakness occurs when the nerve impulse to initiate or sustain movement does not adequately reach the muscle cells. This is caused when immune cells target and attack the body's own cells (an autoi...
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Health Guide
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...cancer that starts in the lymphoid tissue. Such tissue makes up the lymph nodes, spleen, and other organs of the immune system. Alternative Names Lymphoma - non-Hodgkin's;... Read more »Aging changes in immunity
Information BACKGROUND The thymus, one of the organs of the immune system, is the site where certain immune cells called T lymphocytes (T cells) mature. The thymus... Read more »Candida Esophagitis
...although it is somewhat more common in the elderly. It often heralds a decrease in the strength of the immune system. People with AIDS or others with compromised immune systems (organ transplant... Read more »Transplant rejection
...Complications Loss of function of the transplanted organ/tissue Infections (because the person's immune system is constantly suppressed) Side effects of medications, which may... Read more »Cryptococcosis
...of corticosteroid medications, cancer chemotherapy, or Hodgkin's disease). In people with normal immune systems, the pulmonary (lung) form may have no symptoms. However, in people with impaired... Read more »Images
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