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        Excessive Immune Function

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        There are many different ways by which excessive immune function can cause disease or death. These include excessive innate responses, excessive acquired responses, and tumors of the immune system.

        Last full review/revision July 2011 by Ian Tizard, BVMS, PhD, DACVM

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