Studies have found that testing for antinuclear and anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies may be helpful in distinguishing lupus and neuromyelitis optica from multiple sclerosis. In general, a brain MRI will ...

Brain MRI was suggestive of encephalitis. Investigation excluded infectious aetiology. Immunological markers revealed high titre of antinuclear and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies.

MRI sequences were acquired according to ... Immunity2004;21:179–88. . Mackay M, Tang CC, Volpe BT, et al. Brain metabolism and autoantibody titres predict functional impairment in systemic lupus ...

Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus represents ... in the often-normal conventional brain imaging of patients with established NPSLE. In recent years, novel neuroimaging modalities ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ... However, conventional MRI sequencing of the brain, including spin-echo T 2-weighted imaging and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), is a technique ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate prospectively abnormalities of brain glucose utilisation in relation to major or minor neuropsychiatric symptoms in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ... In 26 patients ...

is a significant problem in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), reported to affect up to 90% of patients. The cause is unclear and as such treatment is limited. No consistent measure of CD in SLE.

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) MRI was used in SLE subjects concurrently assessed with FDG-PET brain imaging to determine regional BBB permeability and association with metabolism. Methods Data from ...

Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus represents ... in the often-normal conventional brain imaging of patients with established NPSLE. In recent years, novel neuroimaging modalities ...