Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or sham stimulation was given over the motor cortex daily for 10 days to two randomly assigned groups of 26 patients with acute ischemic stroke. Patients otherwise continued their normal treatment. Disability scales measured before rTMS, at the end of the last rTMS session, and 10 days later showed that real rTMS improved patients' scores more than sham.
Purpose: Detection of the relationship between the activity of SLE and the histopathology of renal biopsy. Patients and methods: This is a cross-sectional study. It included one hundred Egyptian patients with SLE according to the 2015 ACR/SLICC Revised criteria. SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) and renal biopsy were done on all patients in addition to the routine investigations.Results: Of the one hundred patients; Nine are males and 91 are females with a mean age ± standard deviation of 32.28 ± 9.59 years. The mean value of SLEDAI was 11.92 ± 3.92. Lupus nephritis (LN) was found in 85 patients (85%) included 5 patients (5%) having class 1, 73 patients (73%) having class 2, and 7 patients (7%) having class3 LN. SLEDAI mean value is directly proportional to the class of LN increasing from 10.6 ± 3.91 in normal cases to 16 ± 3.92 in class III LN.
Conclusion:The relationship between the SLEDAI score and the histopathological study of renal biopsy in patients with SLE is strong and significant with a mean value of SLEDAI directly proportional to the class of LN.
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