[Affection of the central and peripheral nervous systems in systemic lupus erythematosus]

Using the complex methods of morphological, neurohistological and histochemical methods in the study of the central and peripheral nervous system in systemic lupus erythematosus, the authors observed 20 patients who died at the age of 12-56. The studies detected phenomena of disorganization of the connective tissue and vascular walls which are accompanied by a significant accumulation of muccopolysaccharides, thrombovasculites, endovasculites, lymphoid-plasmocellular infiltration and degenerative changes in the nervous elements.