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.
Synonyms: Type III Hypersensitivity, Hypersensitivities, Type III, Disease, Immune Complex, Diseases, Immune Complex, Immune Complex Disease, Hypersensitivity, Type III, Immune Complex Diseases, Type III Hypersensitivities
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use IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES to search IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE 1972-92 (as Prov 1972-73) ,93; was IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE 1972-92 (Prov 1972-73) ,93; was IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE 1974-92 ,dis caused by deposition of antigen-antibody complexes with resultant damage to tissue; "immune complex" = IMMUNE COMPLEX see ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX
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