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Immune System Diseases > Hypersensitivity > Immune Complex Diseases

Preferred term

Immune Complex Diseases  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Group of diseases mediated by the deposition of large soluble complexes of antigen and antibody with resultant damage to tissue. Besides SERUM SICKNESS and the ARTHUS REACTION, evidence supports a pathogenic role for immune complexes in many other IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES including GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, systemic lupus erythematosus (LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC) and POLYARTERITIS NODOSA.

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Entry terms

  • Hypersensitivity, Type III
  • Type III Hypersensitivity

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KJCR985M-4

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