Neuropsychiatric involvement in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Demirkaya, Erkan; BİLGİNER, YELDA; Aktay-Ayaz, Nuray; YALNIZOĞLU, DİLEK; Karli-Oguz, Kader; IŞIKHAN, VEDAT; TURKER, Turker; TOPALOĞLU, REZAN; Besbas, Nesrin; Bakkaloglu, Aysin; Ozen, Seza

Neuropsychiatric involvement in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Demirkaya E., BİLGİNER Y., Aktay-Ayaz N., YALNIZOĞLU D., Karli-Oguz K., IŞIKHAN V., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.50, no.2, pp.126-131, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 50 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2008
Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.126-131
Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus, neuropsychiatric lupus, anti-cardiolipin antibodies, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, MANIFESTATIONS, SYMPTOMS, CHILDREN, METAANALYSIS, DEFINITIONS, DEPRESSION, PREVALENCE, CRITERIA
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric involvement is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and it has been reported to occur in 22-95% of the childhood SLE patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the neuropsychiatric involvement in our juvenile SLE patients.