Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 35, Immune System and Disease - Assessment - 35.4 Immune System Disorders - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 1031: 27

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In an autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks the body's own cells, but in an allergy, the immune system overreacts to harmless antigens.
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