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.