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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Nov 28;72(1):67–77. doi: 10.1002/art.41070

Table 2:

Characteristics and attribution of peripheral nervous system (PNS) disease events in SLE patients over the duration of study.

PNS disease Total
# PNS
events		 # PNS
events
attributed
to SLE
(model A)		 # PNS
events
attributed
to SLE
(model B)		 # PNS
events
attributed
to non-
SLE
causes
Peripheral neuropathy 66 25 (37.9%) 30 (45.5%) 36 (54.5%)
Mononeuropathy single or multiplex 44 24 (54.5%) 44 (100%) 0
Cranial neuropathy 39 32 (82.1%) 35 (89.7%) 4 (10.3%)
Plexopathy 2 0 0 2 (100%)
Autonomic neuropathy 4 3 (75.0%) 3 (75.0%) 1 (25.0%)
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome) 3 3 (100%) 3 (100%) 0
Myasthenia gravis 3 1 (33.3%) 3 (100%) 0
Total # PNS events 161 88 (54.7%) 118 (73.3%) 43 (26.7%)