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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Chorea in systemic lupus erythematosus and "lupus-like" disease: Association with antiphospholipid antibodies
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, Volume 16, No. 4, Year 1987
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Description
Twelve patients with chorea from a population of 500 patients with SLE and "lupus-like" disease were reviewed. Clinical histories, including time relationships of chorea to the systemic illness and other neurologic manifestations, are reported. Chorea appeared early in the course of disease in most patients, but the development of cerebral infarctions or TIAs occurred subsequently in seven of nine patients demonstrating antiphospholipid antibodies. The relationship of chorea to the presence of these antibodies in nine of 12 patients and the therapeutic outcome are briefly discussed. © 1987.
Authors & Co-Authors
Asherson, Ronald A.
United Kingdom, London
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
Derksen, Ronald H.W.M.
Netherlands, Utrecht
University Medical Center Utrecht
Hughes, Graham R.V.
United Kingdom, London
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 133
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0049-0172(87)90003-5
ISSN:
00490172
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study