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.
Also Known As:
Immune Complex Disease; Disease, Immune Complex; Diseases, Immune Complex; Hypersensitivities, Type III; Type III Hypersensitivities; Hypersensitivity, Type III; Type III Hypersensitivity