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20)Autoimmune diseases occur when...?


a)bacteria severly damage the immune system
b)cancer creates an imbalance in the immune system
c)the body erroneously recognizea its own cells as foreign
d)a virus such as HIV destroys the immune system

Autoimmune diseases are the result of the body attacking itself in error. Something goes haywire in the immune system, and it begins to attack healthy tissues.

answer is C.........

C. is the correct answer. I live with autoimmune diseases attacking my healthy cells

c

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