Which own immune system of individual is agent of diseases

Illustrate the name provided to conditions in which the own immune system of individual is the agent of diseases? What are various examples of such conditions?

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The diseases caused by action of own immune system of an individual is termed as autoimmune diseases. The autoimmune diseases emerge whenever the immune system forms antibodies or defense cells which attack cells, tissues and organs of own body. The attacked tissues or cells are wrongly identified as antigens by immune system. Rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, lupus, vitiligo, pemphigus, type I diabetes mellitus, Crohn's disease (that is, chronic inflammation of the gut), Graves disease, myasthenia gravis, Hashimoto's disease, and so on are all examples of the autoimmune diseases.

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