Immune System Diseases

2. Neuromuscular disease in which the patient's antibodies attack the acetylcholine receptor, a neurotransmitter.
4. Test performed to confirm HIV after initial testing.
7. Type of acquired immunity in which B-cells form antibodies (Ig & memory cells).
9. Laboratory test used to detect the presence of HIV antibodies in blood; common screening test for HIV (Abbrev.)
11. Hypersensitive state acquired through exposure to external stimuli.
12. State in which a person's immune system is functioning appropriately.
13. Systemic, usually progressive, inflammatory disease affecting primarily the spinal column.
17. Inflammatory disease of CNS which attacks the myelin sheath of nerves and causes debilitating scars.

1. Combination treatment for AIDS (Abbrev.)
3. Chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease in which unusual antibodies inflame and damage connective tissue (Abbrev.)
5. Chronic, inflammatory, systemic disease affecting joints, thought to be an autoimmune disease.
6. Organism responsible for the chronic fungal that is characterized by large, circular fungal lesions on skin, nails and mucous membranes.
8. Type of diseases in which the immune system is misdirected.
10. Disease caused by patient's inability to absorb vitamin B12.
14. Another term for specific immunity, which includes humoral and cell-mediated immunity.
15. Disease characterized by hardening of the skin.
16. Term used for any substance capable of triggering the immune system response.