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Incidence and Prevalence of Major Central Nervous System Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A 3-Year Prospective Study of 370 Patients

Eleni Kampylafka, Michalis L. Kosmidis, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, Marinos C. Dalakas, Haralampos Μ. Moutsopoulos, Athanasios G. Tzioufas

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 115 citations · 37 references

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Clinically severe CNS involvement is rare in SLE patients, accounting for 7.8/100 person years. CNS involvement correlates with high disease activity and coexistence of specific features that define the respective CNS syndromes.

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