Assertion: autoimmune disease | /r/HasProperty | chronic
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Because autoimmune diseases are chronic, the symptoms must be treated on a long-term basis.
text: We have also learned that autoimmune diseases are chronic conditions: they require a long time (years) before they become clinically evident and diagnosis (so, they have long latent phase), and then last for decades (often a life time) once diagnosed.
text: Autoimmune diseases are chronic illnesses in which a host’s immune system fails to distinguish between self and foreign cells, and as a result attacks the body’s tissues and organs.
text: Autoimmune diseases can be very serious chronic diseases.
text: Most autoimmune diseases are chronic.
text: Autoimmune diseases are chronic conditions that require committed specialists and individualized care.