Serum disease can be caused by therapeutic antibodies which

Serum disease can be caused by therapeutic antibodies which patients receive multiple times. The body perceives these antibodies as foreign and generates antibodies against them i, e antibodies against antibodies. This results in formation of antibody complexes that affect the vasculature causing vasculitis. What type of hypersensitivity is this? type I type II type III none of the above

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Ans;- This type of hypersensitivity is type III which occurs when there is accumulation of antibody antigen complex

that have not been adequately cleared by immune cells giving rise to diseases known as serum disease.