Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pathogenesis, Clinical Aspects and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hirohata, Shunsei (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Neurosciences.; Immunology.

Neuropsychiatric manifestation in systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is one of the most recalcitrant complications of the disease. According to the 1999 ACR nomenclature and case definitions, diffuse psychiatric/neuropsychological syndromes in NPSLE (anxiety disorder, acute confusional state, cogn...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Epidemiology
• 2 Genetics
• 3 Immunology and pathogenesis
• 4 Pathology
• 5 Clinical Features
• 6 Cytokine
• 7 Diagnosis and Differential diagnosis
• 8 Imaging of NPSLE
• 9 Psychiatric symptoms
• 10 Treatment
• 11 Promising treatment alternatives
• 12 Prognosis.