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Anybody know anything about auto immune diseases causes?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Maternal-fetal cells: Current theories focus on maternal-fetal cell trafficking (either as a fetus or as a mother); cells cross the placenta and lodge in various tissues of the other person, waiting to cause inflammation and "autoimmunity" down the line (possibly triggered by viruses, radiation, stress, genetic predisposition or interplay of the above).

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Answered 1/11/2016

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