«In general,
lupus patients commonly have a broad range of neuropsychiatric symptoms, including anxiety, depression, headaches, seizures, even psychosis,» says Allison Bialas, PhD, first author on the study and a research fellow working in the lab of Michael Carroll, PhD, senior author on the study, who are part of the Boston Children's Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
With only one drug specifically approved for the treatment of
lupus in the past 50 years,
lupus patients are
commonly treated with steroids, a class of immunosuppressive drugs that delay the development and progression of the disease by suppressing the immune system.