Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Reactive Antibodies in Sudanese Psychiatric Patients

Abstract

Background: the relationship between neuropsychiatric manifestations and systemic lupus

erythematosus (SLE) reactive autoantibodies is controversial and was not investigated

before in Sudanese psychiatric patients. Aim: to determine the association between

psychiatric manifestations and several SLE reactive autoantibodies regardless of the

presence of other SLE manifestations. Material and Methods: the study involved a test group

of one hundred psychiatric patients and age/gender matched control group of one ...