Peripheral neuropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus: what can neuromuscular ultrasonography (NMUS) tell us? A cross-sectional study.
Safaa A MahranFelice GalluccioTayseer Mohamed KhedrAmira ElsonbatyAbdallah El-Sayed AllamAlvaro Garcia MartosDoaa M M OsmanMarco Matucci CerinicSerena GuiducciMarwa A A GalalPublished in: Lupus science & medicine (2021)
Our study shows that CSA could be a complementary tool to NCS for studying peripheral neuropathy in SLE. Furthermore, NMUS provides data on the different pathophysiological aspects of nerve involvement in SLE. Future studies using more than one sonographic parameter in combination with NCS and nerve histopathology are recommended to further investigate SLE-related neuropathy.Trial registration number NCT04527172.
Keyphrases
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- disease activity
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peripheral nerve
- clinical trial
- rheumatoid arthritis
- electronic health record
- study protocol
- phase iii
- big data
- current status
- phase ii
- machine learning
- computed tomography
- case control
- magnetic resonance
- open label
- artificial intelligence
- double blind