AIDS-Related Complex

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
Definition:
A prodromal phase of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). Laboratory criteria separating aids-related complex (arc) from aids include elevated or hyperactive B-cell humoral immune responses, compared to depressed or normal antibody reactivity in aids; follicular or mixed hyperplasia in arc lymph nodes, leading to lymphocyte degeneration and depletion more typical of aids; evolving succession of histopathological lesions such as localization of Kaposi's sarcoma, signaling the transition to the full-blown aids.
Synonyms:
  • AIDS Related Complex
  • ARC
  • Complex, AIDS-Related
  • Lymphadenopathy Syndrome
  • Lymphadenopathy Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Lymphadenopathy
  • Syndromes, Lymphadenopathy
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