Neurology

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Questions discussed in this category

How do you counsel patients who experience diarrhea from mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept)?

Do you generally recommend anti-diarrheals, dietary modifications, or consider this an unacceptable side effect and move to other therapies?

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What is your workup and treatment approach for cranial neuropathies in patients with lupus?

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How do you approach management of patients with lupus and transverse myelitis not responding to pulse dose steroids?

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Would you stop belimumab in a patient with SLE starting ravulizumab (C5 inhibitor) for myasthenia gravis due to concern for additive immunosuppression?

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Is there practical utility from obtaining CSF autoantibodies in patients with suspected neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus?

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What is your workup for CSF studies when evaluating for possible CNS Lupus?

In addition, what formula do you use to calculate the IgG index?

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How do you treat lupus-associated small fiber neuropathy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Front Immunol, 2021 Jul 14

Complement C4, Infections, and Autoimmune Diseases.

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2009-11

Distinct subtypes of myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2014 Oct 21

Development and validation of a new algorithm for attribution of neuropsychiatric events in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Cureus, 2019 Aug 19

Aseptic Meningitis and Depression: The Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

J Rheumatol, 2007 Sep 15

Diagnostic reliability of cerebral spinal fluid tests for acute confusional state (delirium) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, interferon-alpha, IgG index, and Q-albumin.

Rheumatol Int, 2007 Jul 20

Acute psychosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Lupus, 2017 Feb 26

Central nervous system vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case series report in a tertiary referral centre.

Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2022 Jun 01

Drug-Drug Interactions Between Mycophenolic Acid and Proton Pump Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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