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Table 1 Profiles of the patients studied

From: Blood-brain barrier damages and intrathecal synthesis of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor NR2 antibodies in diffuse psychiatric/neuropsychological syndromes in systemic lupus erythematosus

Diagnosis

Patients (number)

Gender

Age

(male/female)

(mean ± SD)

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

81

  

Diffuse neuropsychiatric-SLE

55

6/49

37.0 ± 14.2

Acute confusional state

23

  

Anxiety disorder

3

  

Cognitive dysfunction

8*

  

Mood disorder

13

  

Psychosis

8

  

Focal neuropsychiatric-SLE

26

4/22

41.4 ± 15.1

Cerebrovascular disease

11

  

Demyelinating syndrome

1

  

Headache

3

  

Movement disorder

2

  

Seizure disorder

8

  

Polyneuropathy

1

  

Non-SLE control

22

21/1

48.0 ± 13.7

  1. *Two patients also presented mood disorder.
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