TREMOR AS AN EARLY MANIFESTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been described by many authors as a multisystem disorder involving variable and protean clinical mani festations and with an unpredictable course. We report the case of a 6 8-year-old woman suffering from SLE in whom tremor appeared ten years before a clinical picture suggestive of SLE and which remained the onl y clinical neurological sign even during overt disease. Tremor and oth er SLE manifestations disappeared with corticosteroid therapy.