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[6] Although it would be necessary to have diagnostic tests to establish the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric lupus, such tests do not exist. [...]the approach to lupus patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations, like the lupus case report with cerebellar ataxia [4] consists of confirmation of the d...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of neurosciences in rural practice 2014-01, Vol.5, p.77 |
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Zusammenfassung: | [6] Although it would be necessary to have diagnostic tests to establish the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric lupus, such tests do not exist. [...]the approach to lupus patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations, like the lupus case report with cerebellar ataxia [4] consists of confirmation of the diagnosis of SLE. The next step is to distinguish between organic and functional etiologies of ataxia and exclude other disorders involving the cerebellum e.g. acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, diffusely infiltrating glioma or lymphoma and drug-related inflammatory processes. |
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ISSN: | 0976-3147 0976-3155 |