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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007105
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007105
Preferred Name

Immune Complex Diseases

Definitions
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 Hypersensitivities
Immune Complex Disease
Hypersensitivities, Type III
Type III Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity, Type III
Diseases, Immune Complex
Disease, Immune Complex
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