"Immune Complex Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007105
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C20.543.520
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| Concept/Terms |
Immune Complex Diseases- Immune Complex Diseases
- Disease, Immune Complex
- Diseases, Immune Complex
- Immune Complex Disease
- Type III Hypersensitivity
- Hypersensitivity, Type III
- Hypersensitivities, Type III
- Type III Hypersensitivities
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