Autoimmunity is a type of disorder when the immune system of an individual starts rejecting its own body cells or self .
This leads to variety of diseases called autoimmune diseases .
Example of autoimmune diseases are insulin -dependent diabetes , multiple sclerosis , rheumatoid arthritis, etc .
Multiple sclerosis is called by antibodies that attack the myelin sheath of new cells .
Some other autoimmune diseases are Hashimoto disease Grave's disease , Autoimmune haemolytic disease , etc
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