SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does systemic lupus erythematosus mean? 

• SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (noun)
  The noun SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS has 1 sense:

1. an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms

  Familiarity information: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disseminated lupus erythematosus; SLE; systemic lupus erythematosus

Hypernyms ("systemic lupus erythematosus" is a kind of...):

lupus (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)

 Context examples 

Mutation of the gene is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus type 9.

(CR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Glomerulonephritis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

(Lupus Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

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)

The most common type, systemic lupus erythematosus, affects many parts of the body.

(Lupus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

C3 deficiency is associated with recurrent bacterial infections, while a lack of C2 can cause antibody-antigen complexes to accumulate and cause the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus.

(Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

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)

A syndrome associated with a variety of diseases, notably systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, thrombopenia, and arterial or venous thromboses, marked by the presence of antibodies directed against phospholipids.

(Antiphospholipid Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be systemic (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus), or organ specific, (e.g., thyroiditis).

(Autoimmune disease, NCI Thesaurus)

The mothers of the affected babies may be asymptomatic or suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, or rheumatoid arthritis.

(Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus, NCI Thesaurus)