Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in neuropsychiatric lupus: Association with cerebritis in magnetic resonance imaging and resolution after intravenous immunoglobulin

Lupus

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 748-752

  Lim, K S ^a   Cheong, K L ^a   Tan, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cerebral lupus; Cerebritis; EEG; Immunoglobulin; Neuropsychiatric lupus; PLEDs

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; QUETIAPINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMATURIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES;

EID: 77951238797     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203309351539     Document Type: Article

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