title: Advanced and Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuropsychiatric Lupus.
abstract: Neuropsychiatric lupus is a major diagnostic challenge, and a main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is, by far, the main tool for assessing the brain in this disease. Conventional and advanced MRI techniques are used to help establishing the diagnosis, to rule out alternative diagnoses, and recently, to monitor the evolution of the disease. This review explores the neuroimaging findings in SLE, including the recent advances in new MRI methods.
authors: Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08036, Spain.
authors: Nicolae
authors: N
authors: Sarbu
authors: Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08036, Spain ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core Facility, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, 08036, Spain.
authors: Núria
authors: N
authors: Bargalló
authors: Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08036, Spain.
authors: Ricard
authors: R
authors: Cervera
keywords: MRI; NPSLE; SLE; magnetic resonance imaging; neuropsychiatric lupus; systemic lupus erythematosus