Description

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) listed the neuropsychiatric syndromes seen in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).


 

Categories:

(1) central nervous system (CNS) syndromes

(2) peripheral nervous system (PNS) syndromes

 

Central Nervous System Syndromes:

(1) aseptic meningitis

(2) stroke (cerebrovascular disease)

(3) demyelinating syndrome

(4) headache (including migraine and benign intracranial hypertension)

(5) movement disorder (chorea, other)

(6) myelopathy

(7) seizure disorder

(8) acute confusional state

(9) anxiety disorder

(10) cognitive dysfunction

(11) mood disorder

(12) psychosis

 

Peripheral Nervous System Syndromes:

(1) Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy)

(2) autonomic disorder

(3) myasthenia gravis

(4) cranial neuropathy

(5) plexopathy

(6) mononeuropathy (single or multiplex)

(7) polyneuropathy

 


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