Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Blood-brain barrier leakage in systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with gray matter loss and cognitive impairment'' by Pamuk and Hasni

Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 May;82(5):e124. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220057. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Lyna Kamintsky¹, Steven D Beyea^{2

3}, John D Fisk⁴, Javeria A Hashmi⁵, Antonina Omisade⁶, Cynthia Calkin^{7

8}, Tim Bardouille⁹, Chris Bowen^{2

3}, Maher Quraan^{2

3}, Arnold Mitnitski¹⁰, Kara Matheson¹¹, Alon Friedman^{1

12}, John G Hanly¹³

¹ Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
² Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC), Queen Elizabeth ll Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Diagnostic Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁴ Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁵ Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁶ Acquired Brain Injury (Epilepsy Program), Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Guernsey.
⁷ Psychiatry and Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁸ Mood Disorders Clinic, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁹ Physics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁰ Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹¹ Research Methods Unit, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹² Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Physiology and Cell Biology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
¹³ Medicine and Pathology, Queen Elizabeth ll Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada john.hanly@cdha.nshealth.ca.

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Keywords: autoimmune diseases; lupus erythematosus; magnetic resonance imaging; systemic.

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