Severe cognitive dysfunction and shrinking lung syndrome in systemic lupus erythematous

• Main Authors: Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa (Author), Francisco Akira Malta Cardozo (Author), João Francisco Figueiredo Marcondes Ferraz (Author), Jairo Rays (Author), Márcia Yoshie Kanegae (Author), Vilma Takayasu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can affect any organ or system. Neuropsychiatric and pulmonary involvement can occur in 40 and 50% of patients respectively, and may occur in several different clinical forms. While the main neuropsychiatric manifestations are represen...