Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of North India Volume 5 - Issue 3

Wani Suhail A¹, Sofi Fayaz A², Mushtaq Ahmed³ and Rayees ul Hamid Wani⁴*

• ¹Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Haematology, SKIMS, Srinagar, India
• ²Professor, Internal Medicine, Division Rheumatology, SKIMS, Srinagar, India
• ³Additional Professor, Internal Medicine, Division Rheumatology, SKIMS, Srinagar, India
• ⁴Senior Resident, Emergency Medicine, SKIMS, Srinagar, India

Received: March 1, 2021   Published:March 15, 2021

Corresponding author: Rayees ul Hamid Wani, Senior Resident Department of Emergency Medicine, SKIMS, India

DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2021.05.000213

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Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease caused by an aberrant immune response.

Aims & Objectives: To study the neuropsychiatric manifestations in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus presenting at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.

Material and Methods: A review of records of SLE patients admitted or evaluated in OPD from March 2010 to June 2017 was carried out.

Results: Over all 85 SLE patients out of 269 which constituted 31.6% of all SLE study group had neuropsychiatric manifestations.

Keywords: Neuropsychiatric Manifestations; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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