Department of Rheumatology, Fathima Memorial Hospital Collage of Medicine and Dentistry Shadman, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Article
Inflammatory Arthritis and Younger Age of Lupus Onset are Associated with the Development of Neuropsychiatric Lupus: Experience from a Single Centre in Pakistan
Author(s): Asadullah Khan*, Muhammad Haroon, Naveed Aslam Lashari, Saira Elaine Anwer Khan, Afshan Khanum and Sadia Asif
Objective: To determine the prevalence of Neuropsychiatri c Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematous (NPSLE) among SLE patients attending a tertiary care rheumatology center and to compare it with a cohort of SLE with no neuropsychiatric features.
Methods and Materials: In this prospective cohort analysis , all SLE patients attending rheumatology department of Fatima Memorial Hospital during study period (January 2018 through to April 2019) were included. Association of demographic data and clinical manifestations of SLE with neuropsychiatric manifestations was studied and the cohort of NPSLE patients was compared with a cohort of SLE with no neuropsychiatric features.
Results: During the study period, 269 SLE patients attended our rheumatology department. After detailed clinical assessment and follow up, 54 p.. View More»
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