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TypeVhypersensitivityreaction

ThisisanadditionaltypeofhypersensitivityreactionwhichisconsidereddistinctfromType2.
Antibodiesrecogniseandbindtocellsurfacereceptorsinsteadofbindingtocellsurfacecomponents.
Thispreventstheintendedligandbindingwiththereceptorormimicstheeffectsoftheligand,thus
impairingcellsignaling.
Examples:

1)Graves'disease
2)Myastheniagravis
TheuseofType5israre.
TheseconditionsaremorefrequentlyclassifiedasType2Hypersensitivityreactions.

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