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Cognitive Dysfunction and White Matter Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Elizabeth Kozora  and
Christopher M. Filley
Elizabeth Kozora*
Affiliation:
National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Denver, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Denver, Colorado
Christopher M. Filley
Affiliation:
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Denver, Colorado University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Denver, Colorado Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Elizabeth Kozora, Ph.D., National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Brain abnormalities have been documented by neuropsychological assessment as well as a variety of neuroimaging techniques in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Conventional neuroimaging in patients with neuropsychiatric disease (NPSLE) typically discloses periventricular white matter (WM) hyperintensities, infarcts, hemorrhages, and cerebral atrophy. In SLE patients with none of these findings, sophisticated neuroimaging techniques have recently supported associations between microstructural WM abnormalities and abnormal attention, executive function, and processing speed. This mild cognitive dysfunction in SLE (MCD-SLE), which may result from early myelinopathy, precedes the more severe cognitive dysfunction of NPSLE, related to more obvious WM and neuronal damage. (JINS, 2011, 17, 385–392)

Keywords

LupusNeuropsychologyMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance spectroscopyMechanismsMethodology
Type
Short Reviews
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 385 - 392
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2011

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