Arthus reaction

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.

Arthus and Breton, 1903

DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

An immune reaction in which a severe, possibly necrotizing inflammation occurs in a sensitized organism after renewed local application of the antigen at the injection site. The formation of immune complexes leads to complement activation and leukocyte chemotaxis.

EtiologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Type III allergy.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Arthus M, Breton M (1903) Lesions cutanees produites par les injections de serum de cheval chex le lapin anaphylactise par et pour ce seru. Compt rend soc de Biol 55: 1478-1480
  2. Arthus NM (1903) Injections repetees de serum de cheval chez la lapin. CR Soc Biol (Paris) 55: 817-820

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer