rhupus
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Etymology
Blend of rheumatoid arthritis + lupus. Coined by Austrian-born American rheumatologist Peter H. Schur in 1971.
Noun
rhupus (uncountable)
- (pathology) A rare condition characterized by overlapping features of both rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
- 2008, GN Damián-Abrego, J Cabiedes, AR Cabral, “Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies in lupus patients with or without deforming arthropathy”, in Lupus, volume 17, number 4, , page 300:
- 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).
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