Chorea as the First Sign in a Patient with Elderly-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

The case of an elderly patient who had chorea as an initial symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accompanied by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is reported. A 68-year-old woman suddenly developed chorea of her left arm and leg. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain demonstrated a fo...

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Autores principales: Ariizumi, Yuko, Ozawa, Tetsutaro, Tokutake, Takayoshi, Kawachi, Izumi, Hirose, Masaki, Katada, Shinichi, Igarashi, Shuichi, Tanaka, Keiko, Nishizawa, Masatoyo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/317082

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