Cranial mononeuritis multiplex as the initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus: A diagnostic challenge
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Mononeuritis multiplex complicating systemic lupus erythematosus.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) may have different neurological manifestations. Mononerits multiplex is the most common type of peripheral nervous system involvement in adult population, but case reports in pediatric population are sparse. We are reporting a case of pediatric SLE, presenting with polyarthritis and subsequently developing mononeuritis multiplex, identified by NCV.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurología (English Edition)
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2173-5808
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2016.01.004