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lupologist en · NOUN

Etymology

From lup(us) + -ologist or lupology + -ist.

Meanings

1. A physician specialized in the treatment of lupus.
   • Second, LN [lupus nephritis] trials are now designed based on bedside experience and needs. In this respect, the example of rituximab is highly illustrative. Expert lupologists successfully used the drug off-label in refractory cases of LN not responding to standard immunosuppression [5], but in the controlled trial it was decided to test rituximab in an add-on induction design[…]. 2017 May, Frédéric A. Houssiau, “Why will lupus nephritis trials not fail anymore?”, in Rheumatology, volume 56, number 5, →DOI, page 677:
   • The clinical variables have all been predefined in a glossary derived either from the ACR Dictionary or, when not available from that source, from a consensus conference of lupologists and clinical epidemiologists interested in clinemetrics. 2000 March, MB Urowitz, DD Gladman, “Accelerated atheroma in lupus—background”, in Lupus, volume 9, number 3, →DOI, page 161:

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