| PLE | paraneoplastic limbic encephalopathy; protein-losing enteropathy; pseudolupus erythematosus |
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| ALP | acute leukemia protocol; acute lupus pericarditis; alkaline phosphatase; alveolar proteinosis; anter... |
| BILAG | British Isles Lupus Assessment Group [Index] |
| DPLN | diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis |
| DRL | dorsal root, lumbar; drug-related lupus |
| lupus serpiginosus | A cutaneous tuberculous lesion that spreads peripherally, healing centrally with scar formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |