| LEF | leukokinesis-enhancing factor; lupus erythematosus factor; lymphoid-enhanced binding factor |
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| LES | Lambert-Eaton syndrome; Lawrence Experimental Station [agar]; local excitatory state; Locke egg seru... |
| NLE | neonatal lupus erythematosus |
| SCLE | subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus |
| SLAM | scanning laser acoustic microscope; systemic lupus erythematosus activity measure |
| lupus mutilans | Cutaneous tuberculosis with extensive destruction of tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lupus nephritis | Glomerulonephritis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. It is classified into four histologic types: mesangial, focal, diffuse, and membranous. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lupus papillomatosus | A tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base seen on the hands in adults and lower extremities in children, with marked hypersensitivity to tuberculous antigens. See: postmortem wart. Synonym: lupus papillomatosus, lupus verrucosus, tuberculous wart, verrucous scrofuloderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus pernio | Sarcoid lesions, clinically resembling frostbite and microscopically resembling lupus vulgaris, involving ears, cheeks, nose, hands, and fingers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus profundus | A subcutaneous panniculitis with marked lymphocyte infiltration of fat lobules giving rise to deep-seated, firm, rubbery nodules that sometimes become ulcerated, usually of the face; may occur in systemic and localised lupus erythematosus. Synonym: lupus profundus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus sebaceus | Lupus erythematosus with lesions on the face in butterfly areas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus serpiginosus | A cutaneous tuberculous lesion that spreads peripherally, healing centrally with scar formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus superficialis | Skin disease in which there are red scaly patches, especially over the nose and cheeks. May be a symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lupus tuberculosus | Cutaneous tuberculosis with characteristic nodular lesions on the face, particularly about the nose and ears. Synonym: lupus tuberculosus, tuberculosis cutis luposa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus verrucosus | A tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base seen on the hands in adults and lower extremities in children, with marked hypersensitivity to tuberculous antigens. See: postmortem wart. Synonym: lupus papillomatosus, lupus verrucosus, tuberculous wart, verrucous scrofuloderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lupus vulgaris | Cutaneous tuberculosis with characteristic nodular lesions on the face, particularly about the nose and ears. Synonym: lupus tuberculosus, tuberculosis cutis luposa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaemia of chronic disease | <disease> A form of anaemia which develops as the result of a long-term infection or illness. Chronic diseases can interfere with red blood cell production in addition to shortening red blood cell life span in the body. Symptoms are largely due to the underlying disease. Haemoglobin and haematocrit are generally low. Iron studies may be low to normal. Red blood cell indices may usually normal. (27 Sep 1997) |
| benign familial chronic pemphigus | Recurrent eruption of vesicles and bullae that become scaling and crusted lesions with vesicular borders, predominantly of the neck, groin, and axillary regions; autosomal dominant inheritance, presenting in late adolescence or early adult life. Synonym: Hailey-Hailey disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| candidiasis, chronic mucocutaneous | A clinical syndrome characterised by development, usually in infancy or childhood, of a chronic, often widespread candidiasis of skin, nails, and mucous membranes. It may be secondary to one of the immunodeficiency syndromes, inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, or associated with defects in cell-mediated immunity, endocrine disorders, dental stomatitis, or malignancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granulomatous disease, chronic | A recessive x-linked defect of leukocyte function in which phagocytic cells ingest but fail to digest bacteria, resulting in recurring bacterial infections with granuloma formation. (12 Dec 1998) |