how to cite this article: shiari r, hassase yegane m, farivar s, javadi parvaneh v, mirjavadi sa. neuropsychiatric symptoms as the first manifestation of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: a complicated case with klinefelter’s syndrome. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):62-65. abstract systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is an autoimmune, multisystem disorder with various manifestations...

results our study showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the allele and genotype frequencies of -1661 a/g snp between patients with sle and healthy controls (p > 0.05). conclusions in conclusion, we found no association between snp-1661 a/g of the ctla-4 promoter region and susceptibility to sle in our population. objectives to evaluate the potential influences of co...

conclusions the results of this study show that patients with sle have poorer hrqol in physical components whereas the mental component of qol is relatively similar to healthy individuals. depression and anxiety were not related to clinical manifestations of sle. however, the sf domain of hrqol was the most susceptible component of qol, which was affected by sle clinical variables. the high est...

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a complex autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement with varied presentation. Autoimmune adrenal disease, on the other hand, can be associated with other autoimmune diseases. Adrenal insufficiency as a presenting feature of Systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare occurrence. We hereby report a case of a 20 year-old female who presented to us in an acute hypo...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was first reported for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in 1997. The procedure has since been performed worldwide including in Europe, in Brazil, and in China. A National Institutes of Health-funded phase III clinical trial of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for refractory systemic lupus erythematosus is anticipated to begin in 2003. Enc...

Drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) refers to a condition whose clinical, histological, and immunological features are similar to those seen in idiopathic lupus erythematosus but that occurs when certain drugs are taken and resolves after their withdrawal. Over 90 drugs have been linked to DILE to date and the list is growing. Like idiopathic lupus erythematosus, DILE has systemic, subacute...

Photosensitivity and induction of skin lesions following UV radiation is a common problem of patients with cutaneous and systemic forms of lupus erythematosus. The detrimental effect of UV radiation to patients with lupus erythematosus was already recognized in the last century. Skin lesions can now be provoked under standardized conditions allowing the diagnosis and classification of patients ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and ankylosing spondylitis and hospitalization for psychiatric disorders, as well as the association between hospitalization for dementia or delirium and systemic lupus erythematosus, by using a novel, large-scale approach. DESIGN Cohort study with follow-up between 1973 and 2004. PARTICIPANTS T...

SUMMARY During the course of systemic lupus erythematosus in a 10 year-old girl, a go it er develo ped. Subc linical I ly pothyrnic.Jism was found, in addition rising titer of ant imicrosomal antibody and overt hypothyroidism after 6-week cessation of thyroxin tablet lead to the diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Antibodies directed to the thyroid may result in an autoimmune thyroiditis in...