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Specialty Expressions: IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES

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Immune Complex DiseasesHealthGroup 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 and polyarteritis nodosa. (references)

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