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Autoimmune Diseases May Have Features of both Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases

by Renée Bacher •

Renée Bacher is a freelance medical writer based in Louisiana.

Take-Home Points

  • Autoinflammatory diseases are a new class of immune-mediated diseases of the innate immune system.
  • Several autoimmune diseases are now being reclassified as having features of both autoimmune disease and autoinflammatory disease.