PARKINSON-LIKE SYMPTOMS AS A MANIFESTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
MIYOSHI Y ATSUMI T KITAGAWA H OGURA N AMASAKI Y TSUTSUMI A OHNISHI K FUJISAKU A SAGAWA A KOIKE T
Citation
Y. Miyoshi et al., PARKINSON-LIKE SYMPTOMS AS A MANIFESTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Lupus, 2(3), 1993, pp. 199-201
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Rheumatology
Journal title
Lupus → ACNP
ISSN journal
09612033
Volume
2
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
199 - 201
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-2033(1993)2:3<199:PSAAMO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 42-year-old Japanese woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) d eveloped Parkinsonian-like movements. Steroid pulse therapy was most e ffective and additional anti-Parkinsonian drugs were not required. Alt hough psychosis, seizures and meningitis are common central nervous sy stem (CNS) manifestations in SLE patients, Parkinsonian-like symptoms are extremely rare. The putative genesis and treatment of CNS lupus ar e discussed.