Origins and history of autoimmunity—A brief review

Abstract It was not widely recognized, until the 1950s, that an immune response could be developed not only against “foreign” but also “self” antigens from the studies of chronic thyroiditis leading to the acceptance of autoimmune diseases. Paul Ehrlich coined the term “horror autotoxicus” to emphas...

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Main Author: Haseeb Ahsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-03-01
Series:Rheumatology & Autoimmunity
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rai2.12049