Type III Hypersensitivities
《英文msh詞典》Type III Hypersensitivities
[入口詞] Type III Hypersensitivities
[主題詞] Immune Complex Diseases
[英文釋義] 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 systemic immunologic diseases including GLOMERULONEPHRITIS,systemic lupus erythematosus (LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS,SYSTEMIC) and POLYARTERITIS NODOSA.