Psychiatric manifestations are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and often represent a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem, mainly because the uncertainties of the pathogenic mechanisms. We report a case of acute psychosis occurring in a female with SLE due to the stress of having a severe disease, rather than to SLE per se.

Acute psycosis in systemic lupus erythematosus / B. Marasini, M. Massarotti. - In: RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 0172-8172. - 28:4(2008 Feb), pp. 395-396. [10.1007/s00296-007-0479-2]

Acute psycosis in systemic lupus erythematosus

B. Marasini
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2008

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Psychiatric manifestations are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and often represent a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem, mainly because the uncertainties of the pathogenic mechanisms. We report a case of acute psychosis occurring in a female with SLE due to the stress of having a severe disease, rather than to SLE per se.
Acute psychosis; Neurosychiatric involvement; Systemic lupus erythematosus
Settore MED/16 - Reumatologia
feb-2008
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