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LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lupus erythematosus" is a kind of...):
autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)
lupus (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)
Context examples:
Certain allelic variants of the NAT2 gene are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and certain types of cancer such as bladder cancer and colorectal cancer.
(NAT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus type 2.
(PDCD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Variants include discoid and systemic lupus erythematosus.
(Lupus Erythematosus, NCI Thesaurus)
Glomerulonephritis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
(Lupus Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Also called SLE and systemic lupus erythematosus.
(Lupus, NCI Dictionary)
People with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and psoriasis have a much higher rate of cardiovascular events.
(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is considered by some to include the glandular enlargement associated with other diseases, such as Sjogren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, lupus erythematosus, etc.
(Mikulicz Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An autoimmune overlap syndrome characterized by the presence of symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma, and polymyositis.
(Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
It is rarely associated with lupus erythematosus.
(Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Hydroxychloroquine also has anti-inflammatory properties and is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematosus.
(Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
