Immunology/Autoimmunity

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Autoimmunity is a group of disorders in which the body's own immune system attacks the body's own antigens. Examples include rheumatoid arhtritis, systemic lupus erthymatosis, myasthenia gravis, Hashimoto's syndrome, etc.

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