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Immune System Diseases > Hypersensitivity > Immune Complex Diseases

Preferred term

Immune Complex Diseases  

Type

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Entry terms

  • Hypersensitivities, Type III
  • Hypersensitivity, Type III
  • Type III Hypersensitivities
  • Type III Hypersensitivity

Note

  • disease caused by deposition of antigen-antibody complexes with resultant damage to tissue; "immune complex" = IMMUNE COMPLEX see ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 93; was IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE 1972-92 (Prov 1972-73)

In other languages

  • immunokompleksitaudit

    Finnish

  • immunokompleksisairaudet
  • immunokompleksisairaus
  • immunokompleksitauti
  • immuunikompleksisairaudet
  • immuunikompleksisairaus
  • immuunikompleksitaudit
  • immuunikompleksitauti
  • Immunkomplexsjukdomar

    Swedish

  • Överkänslighet av typ 3

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007105

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