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Abstract
A dermal inflammatory reaction produced under conditions of antibody excess, when a second injection of antigen produces intravascular antigen-antibody complexes which bind complement, causing cell clumping, endothelial damage, and vascular necrosis.
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- Arthus Phenomenon
- Phenomenon, Arthus
- Reaction, Arthus
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note category; an inflamm skin reaction to antibody excess
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History Note
93; was ARTHUS PHENOMENON 1966-92 (Prov 63-65)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Arthus Reaction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001183. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001183
- Arthus Reaction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthus_reaction
- Arthus Reaction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712320