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Type III Hypersensitivity (view source)
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==Introduction==
[[Image:Type III hypersensitivity antibody excess.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Type III hypersensitivity antibody excess-Brian Catchpole RVC 2008]]
[[Image:Type III hypersensitivity antibody excess.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Type III hypersensitivity antibody excess-Brian Catchpole RVC 2008]]
In the normal animal immune complexes (lattice of soluble antigen and antibodies) are formed and removed all the time. They are broken up by complement, transported to the spleen by RBC's and phagocytosed. When the amount of immune complexes formed (due to rapid influx of antigen) does not equal the amount that are being cleared it causes type III hypersensitivity (an excess of immune complexes).
In the normal animal immune complexes (lattice of soluble antigen and antibodies) are formed and removed all the time. They are broken up by complement, transported to the spleen by RBC's and phagocytosed. When the amount of immune complexes formed (due to rapid influx of antigen) does not equal the amount that are being cleared it causes type III hypersensitivity (an excess of immune complexes).
==Location of the immune complexes:==
'''Locally:'''
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