Cognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus

This chapter reviews neuropsychological assessment strategies, and examines the data from numerous studies regarding the prevalence of cognitive deficit in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Broad-based neuropsychological assessment strategies have proved to be sensitive to the presence of cognitive impairment in patients with SLE, and have uncovered significant impairment even in patients without overt neurologic or psychiatric …