See Also: systemic lupus erythematosus(medicine)
Systemic lupus erythematosus(health)
lupus erythematosus, systemic(medicine)
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lupus erythematosus(encyclopedia)
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discoid lupus erythematosus(medicine)
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disseminated lupus erythematosus(medicine)

lupus erythematosus, systemic (medicine)


lupus erythematosus, systemic


A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterised principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown aetiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of le cells in the blood or bone marrow.