Method of treating or preventing autoimmune uveoretinitis in mam

Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing the clinical manifestation of an autoimmune disease having the symptoms of uveoretinitis in a mammal in need of such treatment comprising orally administering to said mammal an effective amount of an autoantigen, e.g., S antigen (S-Ag), and/or biologically active fragments, or analogs thereof specific for uveoretinitis.
Also provided is a pharmaceutical formulation useful for treating or preventing uveoretinitis in mammals comprising an effective amount of one or more of the foregoing autoantigen, fragments or analogs.

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