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Screening of Acute Psychiatric Admissions for Previously Undiagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. D. Hopkinson ,
P. Bendall  and
R. J. Powell
N. D. Hopkinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
P. Bendall
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry
R. J. Powell
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

An auto-antibody screen for SLE, which included anti-nuclear antibodies, was performed on 296 patients admitted to acute psychiatric and psychogeriatric wards. Three cases (1% of those screened) of previously undiagnosed SLE were found, and one patient was found to have autoimmune chronic active hepatitis. An auto-antibody screen may be a useful investigation in psychiatric practice.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 107 - 110
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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