DLE


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Noun1.DLE - a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose
autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
lupus - any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease
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In his arms he held a bun- dle of weeds and grasses.
She had five big wigwams aboard, wide apart, and an open camp fire in the mid- dle, and a tall flag-pole at each end.
Sir Ozana's sad- dle was hung about with leather hat boxes, and every time he overcame a wandering knight he swore him into my service and fitted him with a plug and made him wear it.
A white cotton sunshade with a cane han dle reposed between his legs, his side whiskers were neatly brushed, his chin had been freshly shaved; and he only distantly resembled the dishevelled and terrified man in a snuffy night shirt and ignoble old trousers I had seen in the morning hanging on to the wheel of the Diana.
His feet squelched in the pud- dles left by his industry.
The DLE API is designed to significantly decrease the standard API call times by reading the file formats natively.
In this observational study, we included 18 patients irrespective of age and gender with clinically and histopathologically confirmed cases of lichen planopilaris (LPP), discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), pseudopelade of Brocq (PB).
The DLE pre-mixer is highly complex with over 20 parts involved in the casting and assembly using traditional manufacturing methods.
They found that, among 32 DLE patients who converted to SLE, the median time to progression was 398 days, with the first quartile progressing by 303 days.
There are two forms of lupus, DLE affecting the skin and mucous membranes, and SLE which may also affect joints, visceral organs, and other tissues.
DLE is a multifactorial disease that involves a complex interplay between genetics and environmental triggers in the setting of adaptive and innate immune response.