autoimmune disease

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Also Known As	autoallergic disease

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polyglandular autoimmune syndrome organ-specific autoimmune disease immunologic ignorance autoimmune arthritis systemic autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis celiac disease Graves disease Hashimoto disease myasthenia gravis food allergy angioedema drug allergy farmer’s lung atopy What Causes Allergies?

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Baruj Benacerraf.

Baruj Benacerraf

American immunologist

Tasuku Honjo

Japanese immunologist

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