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Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 45.6, Problem 3C
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To describe: The way by which an autoimmune disease develops.

Introduction: Autoimmune disorders are the disorder or a disease condition in which the immune system attacks the own body cells mistakenly due to the inability to make a distinction between self and non-self-cells. In this case, the antibodies attack the individual’s own tissue and cells. Such antibodies are termed as autoantibodies.

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