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Hypersensitivity Reactions
1. Hypersensitivity reactions
2. Autoimmune diseases
4. Amyloidosis
Hypersensitivity reactions
• transfusion reactions
• erythroblastosis fetalis
Antibody-mediated
destruction of cells may
occur by another
process
injury:
Clinicopathologic
Disease Antigen Involved Manifestations
Systemic lupus DNA, nucleoproteins, others Nephritis,
erythematosus arthritis, vasculitis
Polyarteritis nodosa Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (in some cases) Vasculitis
• formation of antigen-antibody
complexes in the circulation;
helper T cells
tuberculin reaction,