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Autoimmune disorders can be defined as a clinical syndrome caused by activation of T cells or B cells ,or both,in the absence of an ongoing infection or other discernible cause.The roots of this group of disorders lie in understanding 1 the basic concept of immunity . Immunology began in the laboratories of Louis Pasteur and Koch and the word IMMUNE is derived from the Latin word IMMUNO me 2 aning “SAFE” or “FREE FROM” . It refers to the resistance exhibited by the host towards injury caused by micro organisms & their products. The human immune system is a truly amazing constellation of responses to attacks from 1 outside the body . It has many facets, a number of which can change to optimize the response to these unwanted intrusions. There are two general types