Editorial: Lupus and the Brain: Advances in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Frontiers in Medicine

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Antonis Fanouriakis¹  George Bertsias²  Marcello Govoni³ 

[1] Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, “Attikon” University Hospital;Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Heraklion;Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Anna Ferrara

关键词: systemic lupus erythematosus;    central nervous system;    attribution;    diagnosis;    biomarkers;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2019.00052

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

As systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a notoriously demanding disease, involvement of the nervous system, collectively termed neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE), represents the foremost diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the treating physician. Reasons for this include, but are not limited to, the wide heterogeneity of its presentation, the lack of specific markers and a diagnostic “gold-standard,” as well as the paucity of well-designed clinical trials to guide therapy (1). In this Research Topic for the Frontiers in Medicine, four articles by distinguished contributors touch upon different aspects of NPSLE, in an attempt to elucidate the optimal approach to this challenging group of patients.

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