Table 2

Clinical features of our patients

Patient	Age/symptoms	Duration of SLE	Other neurological symptoms	Other clinical features
1	67 years/paraplegia	5 years	Depression	Arthritis, nephritis, lymphopenia
2	52 years/pain, urinary retention	0 years	Depression	Raynaud's
3	49 years/paresthesias, R LE paresis	2 years	None	Arthritis, nephritis
4	41 years/paresthesias, L LE paresis	0 years	Optic neuritis	Oral ulcers, arthritis
5	36 years/paraparesis	0 years	Optic neuritis	Fatigue, rash, nephritis
6	23 years/paresthesias, L LE paresis	0 years	Pseudotumour cerebri	Alopecia, arthritis, thrombocytopenia
7	58 years/paresthesias	21 years	None	Weight loss, arthritis
8	57 years/paresthesias, paraparesis	11 years	None	NA
9	23 years/paresthesias	4 years	None	Nephritis
10	27 years/paresthesias, paraparesis	2 years	Optic neuritis, seizures	Nephritis, pregnancy loss
11	25 years/paraparesis	2 years	Psychosis, CVA	Rash, arthritis
12	77 years/paraparesis	0 years	Retinal artery occlusion	DVT
13	49 years/paraparesis	0 years	None	Arthritis
14	26 years/paresthesias	0 years	None	Arthritis