Neurocognitive Impairment in Corticosteroid-naive Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Prospective Study.

CONCLUSION: We conclude that reduced psychomotor speed is an SLE-specific pattern of NCI. Verbal-memory deficits that have been reported in patients with SLE were not evident among patients who were corticosteroid-naive. Our results indicate that impaired psychomotor speed may be added to the symptoms of early SLE. PMID: 25593228 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Rheumatol - January 15, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Nishimura K, Omori M, Katsumata Y, Sato E, Gono T, Kawaguchi Y, Harigai M, Mimura M, Yamanaka H, Ishigooka J Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research