%0 Journal Article %J Reumatologia/Rheumatology %@ 0034-6233 %V 51 %N 5 %D 2013 %F J. Kucharz2013 %T Differences between autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases: its role in clinical practice of rheumatologist %X Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of hereditary inflammatory disorders. Their pathogenesis involves innate immunity. This differentiates the diseases from autoimmunologic disorders related to disturbed self-tolerance and adaptive immunity. Autoinflammatory and autoimmunologic diseases are considered, however, as an immunologic disease continuum. A number of symptoms and signs of autoinflammatory diseases are commonly seen in rheumatic patients and it is suggested that the diseases are more common than previously estimated. %A J. Kucharz, Eugeniusz %P 323-327 %9 journal article %R 10.5114/reum.2013.38382 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2013.38382