Conventional brain magnetic resonance imaging in the longitudinal evaluation of newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus patients: a retrospective analysis from a single-centre cohort.
Ettore SilvagniAlessandra BortoluzziM BorrelliM PadovanF FuriniM GovoniPublished in: Lupus (2020)
Baseline MRI is useful in patients with an early diagnosis of SLE, allowing comparison with subsequent scans. In our study, radiological worsening of repeated brain MRI was associated with new NP events.
Keyphrases
- newly diagnosed
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- disease activity
- white matter
- resting state
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- cerebral ischemia
- magnetic resonance
- patient reported outcomes