Mesh term Immune Complex Diseases
Browse to parent terms:Hypersensitivity
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Arthus Reaction
Mastocytosis
Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch
Serum Sickness
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous
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