METHOD FOR PREDICTING NEURODYSTROPHIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

摘要

A method for predicting the neurodystrophic syndrome in the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus comprises the clinical examination, X-ray imaging, and the duplex scanning of the blood vessels for measuring the thickness of intima-media complex. When the thickness of intima-media complex exceeds 0.9 mm in common carotid artery, 0.4 mm in brachial artery, 1.03 mm in femoral artery, the the neurodystrophic syndrome may be predicted.