Which of the following is not a possible cause of autoimmune disease?

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Prolonged treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs is not a possible cause of autoimmune disease. In fact, such treatment may actually help reduce the symptoms of autoimmune disease. The other options—reduction in suppressor T cell activity, exposure of normally inaccessible self-antigens, modification of normal self-antigens, and exposure of the immune system to a foreign antigen almost identical structurally to a self-antigen—are all possible causes of autoimmune disease.

Which of the Following Is Not a Possible Cause of Autoimmune