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autoantibody

DEFINITIONS OF: autoantibody

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n an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it

Types:
rheumatoid factor
autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis
Type of:
antibody
any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
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