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Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (NPSLE)

Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) describes a wide range of brain-involved symptoms — symptoms like not thinking clearly, forgetting things or even seizures, stroke and psychosis—experienced by up to 95% of lupus patients.

 

Source: Schwartz, Noa, Ariel D. Stock, and Chaim Putterman. “Neuropsychiatric lupus: new mechanistic insights and future treatment directions.” Nature Reviews Rheumatology (2019): 1.