Glossary of Terms

A primary lymphoid organ located in the mediastinal cavity anterior to and above the heart, where it lies over...

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which your blood has a lower than normal number of blood cell fragments called...

The clinical study has stopped recruiting or enrolling participants early and will not start again. Participants are no longer...

A chronic inflammation of large arteries, usually the temporal, occipital, or ophthalmic arteries, identified on pathological specimens by the...

Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are specialized providers of T cell help to B cells, and are essential for...

A type of white blood cell. T-lymphocytes are part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. It...

Rel. or pert. to a system. Pert. to the blood flow that leaves the left ventricle to deliver...

Synovitis is an inflammation of the joint lining, called synovium. The symptoms are often of short duration and may...

The clinical study has stopped recruiting or enrolling participants early, but it may start again. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov

As with SLE, Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (SCLE) occurs primarily in young to middle aged women. SCLE is highly...

The date that the final data for a clinical study were collected because the last study participant has made...