Prevalence and levels of autoantibodies in serum from NPSLE patients and controls.

NPSLE = neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus; Non-NPSLE = lupus patients without current or past NP manifestations; SLE-surgical = lupus patients who underwent elective surgery; SLE-septic meningitis.AThe NMDAR antibody was measure in 34 central NP SLE patients, 5 peripheral NP SLE patients, 49 non-NPSLE patients, 12 SLE-surgical patients, 5 SLE septic-meningitis patients, and 25 non-autoimmune patients.BPCP = 0.006 versus Central NPSLEDP = 0.03 versus Central NPSLEEOnly patients who scored positive at baseline for the specific antibody were considered,