Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008180
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008180
Preferred Name

Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

Definitions
A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, 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.
Synonyms
Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus
Libman-Sacks Disease
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Libman Sacks Disease
Disease, Libman-Sacks
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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