rhupus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rare condition characterized by overlapping features of both rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. uncountable
    — As controls, 34 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and nine patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (rhupus) were included. […] In contrast, rheumatoid arthritis and rhupus patients had 30- and 23-fold higher than normal amounts of anti-CCP (p < 0.001, both comparisons).

词源

Blend of rheumatoid arthritis + lupus. Coined by Austrian-born American rheumatologist Peter H. Schur in 1971.
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