systemic autoimmune diseases

sys·tem·ic au·to·im·mune dis·eas·es

a group of connective tissue diseases characterized by the presence of autoantibodies responsible for immunopathologically mediated tissue lesions; systemic lupus erythematosus is the prototype.

sys·tem·ic au·to·im·mune dis·eas·es

(sis-temik awtō-i-myūn di-zēzĕz) Connective tissue diseases characterized by presence of autoantibodies responsible for immunopathologically mediated tissue lesions; systemic lupus erythematosus is the prototype.