Clinical validation of the watershed sign as a marker for neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-337

  Driver, Catherine B ^a   Wallace, Daniel J ^a   Lee, Jessica C ^a   Forbess, Chelsey J ^a   Pourrabbani, Shahram ^b   Minoshima, Satoshi ^c   Waxman, Alan D ^a   Weisman, Michael H ^a,d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PERFUSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 40849106493     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23308     Document Type: Article

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