Chart 2. Characterization of selected studies.
| Database | Title | Authors (year) | Type of study | Main themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PubMed | Connective tissue disorders: systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, and scleroderma | Streifler JY and Molad Y (2014) | Review | SLE, Sjögren’s syndrome, systemic sclerosis, (pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment) |
| PubMed | Diagnosis and classification of central nervous system vasculitis | Hajj-Ali RA and Calabrese LH (2014) | Review | CNS vasculitis |
| PubMed | Cervical spine instability in rheumatoid arthritis | da Côrte FC and Neves N (2014) | Review | CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Update on the use of biologics in vasculitides | Vishwanath S, Relan M, Shen L and Ambrus JL Jr. (2014) | Review | Treatment |
| PubMed | Neuro-Behçet syndrome | Saip S, Akman-Demir G and Siva A (2014) | Review | CNS involvement, diagnosis and treatment |
| PubMed | Primary angiitis of the central nervous system and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome | Hammad TA and Hajj- Ali RA (2013) | Review | CNS involvement |
| PubMed | New-onset multiple sclerosis associated with adalimumab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and literature review | Matsumoto T, Nakamura I, Miura A, Momoyama G and Ito K (2013) | Case report and literature review | CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Neurologic involvement in scleroderma: a systematic review | Amaral TN, Peres FA, Lapa AT, Marques-Neto JF and Appenzeller S (2013) | Systematic review | CNS + PNS involvement |
| PubMed | Characteristics of neurological manifestations of Behçet’s disease: a retrospective monocentric study in Tunisia | Houman MH, Bellakhal S, Ben Salem T, Hamzaoui A, Braham A, Lamloum M, et al. (2013) | Rectrospective | CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Neurological complications of Behçet’s syndrome | Kidd D (2012) | Review | CNS involvement and treatments |
| PubMed | Peripheral neuropathies in Sjögren’s syndrome: a critical update on clinical features and pathogenetic mechanisms | Pavlakis PP, Alexopoulos H, Kosmidis ML, Mamali I, Moutsopoulos HM, Tzioufas AG. et al. (2012) | Review | PNS involvement |
| PubMed | Addition of infliximab to standard therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitis | Morgan MD, Drayson MT, Savage CO and Harper L (2011) | Cohort | Treatment |
| PubMed | Infliximab or rituximab for refractory Wegener’s granulomatosis: long-term follow-up. A prospective randomised multicentre study on 17 patients | DeMenthon M, Cohen P, Pagnoux C, Buchler M, Sibilia J, Détrée F, et al. (2011) | Randomized | Treatment |
| PubMed | Churg-Strauss syndrome complicated by neuropathy: a clinicopathological study of nine cases | Kararizou E, Davaki P, Spengos K and Dimitracopoulos A (2011) | Clinical trial | CNS + PNS involvement |
| PubMed | Neurologicalinvolvement in Wegener’s granulomatosis | Holle JU and Gross WL (2011) | Systematic review | PNS +CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Clinical manifestations of neurological involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome | Gono T, Kawaguchi Y, Katsumata Y, Takagi K, Tochimoto A, Baba S, et al. (2011) | Cohort | PNS +CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Isolated cerebral vasculitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis | Caballol Pons N, Montalà N, Valverde J, Brell M, Ferrer I, Martinez-Yélamos S (2010) | Case | CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Neurologic complications of Churg-Strauss syndrome - a prospective monocentric study | Wolf J, Bergner R, Mutallib S, Buggle F and Grau AJ (2010) | Prospective | PNS involvement + treatment |
| PubMed | Treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis without poor-prognosis factors: A prospective randomized study of one hundred twenty-four patients | Ribi C, Cohen P, Pagnoux C, Mahr A, Arène JP, Puéchal X, et al. (2010) | Randomized | Treatment |
| PubMed | The neurologic manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus | Greenberg BM (2009) | Review | Treatment |
| PubMed | The involvement of the peripheral nervous system in biopsy proven active giant cell arteritis | Pfadenhauer K, Roesler A and Golling A (2007) | Case series | PNS involvement |
| PubMed | Infliximab for maintenance of glucocorticosteroid induced remission of giant cell arteritis: a randomized trial | Hoffman GS, Cid MC, Rendt-Zagar KE, Merkel PA, Weyand CM, Stone JH, et al. (2007) | Randomized controlled trial | Treatment |
| PubMed | Nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy: a clinicopathological study of 22 cases | Kararizou E, Davaki P, Karandreas N, Danou R, Vassilopoulos D (2005) | Clinical trial | PNS involvement |
| PubMed | Vasculitis of the nervous system | Younger DS (2004) | Review | PNS + CNS involvement |
| PubMed | Low dose MTX for progressive neuro-Behçet’s disease. A follow-up study for 4 years | Kikuchi H, Aramaki K and Hirohata S (2003) | Case series | Treatment |
| PubMed | Neuromuscular complications of connective tissue diseases | Rosenbaum R (2001) | Review | PNS involvement of RA, Sjögren’s syndrome, SLE, systemic sclerosis, vasculitis |
| PubMed | Diagnosis and management of isolated angiitis of the central nervous system | Moore PM (1989) | Review | Treatment |
| PubMed | Isolated benign cerebral vasculitis | Bettoni L, Juvarra G, Bortone E and Lenchi A (1984) | Case +review | CNS involvement |
SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; CNS: central nervous system; PNS: peripheral nervous system; RA: rheumatoid arthritis.