Aquaporin-4 IgG antibody-related disorders in patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study indicate that some patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus develop antibodies against aquaporin-4 and may be at risk of developing a neurological clinical phenotype. We suggest that all juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus patients should be systematically screened for the presence of AQP4-Ab and this may help identify a high risk for neurological involvement in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus.
PMID: 31213132 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Lupus - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Moraitis E, Stathopoulos Y, Hong Y, Al-Obaidi M, Mankad K, Hacohen Y, Sen D, Hemingway C, Eleftheriou D Tags: Lupus Source Type: research
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