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What are some autoimmune diseases?

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Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Sarcoidosis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Behcet's Disease, Asthma has an autoimmune component, myasthenia gravis, and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia purpura to name a few.

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The most commonly-known is the AIDS disease. A couple of others are rheumatoid athritis and lupus.

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