Neuropsychiatric involvement in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Demirkaya E., BİLGİNER Y., AKTAY AYAZ N., YALNIZOĞLU D., Karli-Oguz K., IŞIKHAN V., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.50, no.2, pp.126-131, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.126-131
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric involvement is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and it has been reported to occur in 22-95% of the childhood SLE patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the neuropsychiatric involvement in our juvenile SLE patients.