Immune Complex Diseases
Synonyms
Disease, Immune Complex
Diseases, Immune Complex
Hypersensitivities, Type III
Hypersensitivity, Type III
Immune Complex Disease
Type III Hypersensitivities
Type III Hypersensitivity
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.