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A new medical device could change how we diagnose autoimmune disorders • Apr. 18, 2025, 4:50 AM ET (NPR)

Advanced imaging reveals mechanisms that cause autoimmune disease • Apr. 8, 2025, 9:35 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

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Also Known As	autoallergic disease

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polyglandular autoimmune syndrome immunologic ignorance organ-specific autoimmune disease systemic autoimmune disease autoimmune arthritis 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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