cerebritis and neutropenia in a child with ana negative lupus
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objective systemic lupus erythematosus (sle), an autoimmune systemic disease with unknown etiology, affects virtually every part of the body; involvement of the central nervous system (cns) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) patients and is the least understood aspect of the disease. neutropenia is very uncommon in childhood lupus. true negative anti nuclear antibody (ana) tests in patients with lupus are now very rare. the patient reported here was a 12-year-old girl with ana negative lupus cerebritis who presented with left hemiparesia after a generalized seizure, with neutropenia observed during its course.
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iranian journal of child neurologyجلد ۳، شماره ۱، صفحات ۶۱-۶۶
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