Immune Complex Diseases - ț̢
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 : Disease, Immune Complex, Diseases, Immune Complex, Hypersensitivities, Type III, Immune Complex Disease, Type III Hypersensitivities