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lupus erythematosus

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lupus er·y·the·ma·to·sus  (r-thm-tss, -thm-)
n.
Any of several connective tissue disorders, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, that primarily affect women of childbearing age, have a variety of clinical forms, and are characterized by red scaly skin lesions.
[New Latin lupus erythmatsus : lupus + erythmatsus, erythematous.]
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Noun1.lupus erythematosus - a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
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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
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1) For instance, women are five times more likely to develop hypothyroidism, up to nine times more likely to develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), three to four times more likely to develop Graves' disease, three times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis and scleroderma, and twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis.
Autoimmune diseases & women's health by National Women's Health Report
We report a fatal case of Acanthamoeba encephalitis in a patient from India who was being treated for systemic lupus erythematosus with corticosteroids and methotrexate.
Acanthamoeba encephalitis in patient with systemic lupus, India by Visvesvara, Govinda S. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Grossman, a Valley resident and leading lupus researcher, gives a rundown of the disease, sometimes called SLE, for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
PULSE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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