Where dose the disease “lupus” get its name?

I know the full medical term for the disease/condition is systemic lupus erythematosus (that’s a mouth full, eh?). But I don’t get the lupus part. I know “lupus” is Latin for “wolf”, and I just don’t see a connection between a painful, inflammatory, body tissue damaging disease and a wolf. Anyone (especially you medics) know the history or linguistic basis for this disease?

Answers:
http://www.lupus.org.nz/history.html

sounds latin to me
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