Journal article
Neuropsychiatric lupus and association with cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins: a pilot study.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent experimental evidence points to brain-reactive antibodies as a key factor in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (central nervous system-SLE). However, clinical studies in which circulating (serum) autoantibodies were correlated with neuropsychiatric manifestations have not produced consistent findings.
OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that autoantibodies in cerebrospinal fluid are more …
Authors
Stojanovich L; Smiljanich-Miljkovich D; Omdal R; Sakic B
Journal
Israel Medical Association Journal, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 359–362
Publication Date
June 2009
ISSN
1565-1088