Current guidelines for classification of symptoms of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus have not proven helpful for the dissection of pathological mechanisms of this disorder or the identification of appropriate therapy. A reclassification of symptoms is proposed in this Viewpoint; the new scheme is based on pathoanatomic localization of the disease.
- Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero
- Cynthia Aranow
- Betty Diamond