Autoimmune disease is a condition in which the immune system responds to self-antigens.
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In an autoimmune disease, the adaptive immune system is not able any more to distinguish correctly between foreign and the body’s own surface structures. As a consequence, cells or whole tissues are damaged. Autoimmune diseases can either be organ-specific or affect the whole body.
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