NDT Advance Access originally published online on May 21, 2007
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(8):2400-2401; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm278
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Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Keywords: Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; RPLS; Hypertensive encephalopathy; lupus nephritis-leukoencephalopathy syndrome
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A 20-year-old Asian woman with a well-established history of systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (WHO stage IVB) presented to the emergency department with generalized arthralgia and headaches. Her current medications included cellcept 1000 mg daily and prednisone 30