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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomark Med. 2015;9(6):545–558. doi: 10.2217/bmm.15.26

Table 1.

American College of Rheumatology classification for neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

pNPSLE cNPSLE
Focal cNPSLE Diffuse cNPSLE
Autonomic disorder Aseptic meningitis Acute confusional state
Cranial neuropathy Cerebrovascular disease Anxiety
Mononeuropathy Demyelinating syndromes Cognitive dysfunction
Myasthenia gravis Movement disorder/chorea Headache
Plexopathy Myelopathy Mood disorder
Polyneuropathy Seizures Psychosis
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy

The 19 manifestations that comprise the 1999 American College of Rheumatology neuropsychiatric systemic lupus.

cNPSLE: Central NPSLE; NPSLE: Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus; pNPSLE: Peripheral NPSLE.

Data taken from [15,18].