Table 1.
Profiles of the patients studied
| Diagnosis | Patients (number) |
Gender |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| (male/female) | (mean ± SD) | ||
|
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) |
81 |
|
|
| Diffuse neuropsychiatric-SLE |
55 |
6/49 |
37.0 ± 14.2 |
| Acute confusional state |
23 |
|
|
| Anxiety disorder |
3 |
|
|
| Cognitive dysfunction |
8* |
|
|
| Mood disorder |
13 |
|
|
| Psychosis |
8 |
|
|
| Focal neuropsychiatric-SLE |
26 |
4/22 |
41.4 ± 15.1 |
| Cerebrovascular disease |
11 |
|
|
| Demyelinating syndrome |
1 |
|
|
| Headache |
3 |
|
|
| Movement disorder |
2 |
|
|
| Seizure disorder |
8 |
|
|
| Polyneuropathy |
1 |
|
|
| Non-SLE control | 22 | 21/1 | 48.0 ± 13.7 |
*Two patients also presented mood disorder.