Abstracts tagged "cytokines and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome"

Abstract Number: 2949 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Differential Serum Cytokine Profile in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Single-Center Study
Jorge Alcocer-Varela¹, Diana Gómez-Martín¹, Javier Merayo-Chalico² and Ana Barrera-Vargas¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are susceptible to the development of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). The main theory about the physiopathology of…