Autoimmune disease: why and where it occurs
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- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Medicine
- Vol. 7 (8) , 899-905
- https://doi.org/10.1038/90935
Abstract
Autoimmune disease is controlled by genetic and environmental factors. Both of these affect susceptibility to autoimmunity at three levels: the overall reactivity of the immune system, the specific antigen and its presentation, and the target issue.Keywords
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