Abstract Number: 1453 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Surveillance of Periodic Fever Syndromes in Canada
Background/Purpose: To estimate the incidence of periodic fever syndromes in the Canadian paediatric population, to describe the patterns of presentation, and to raise awareness in…Abstract Number: 1454 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Familial Mediterranean Fever in Childhood: a Single Center Experience
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessively inherited autoinflammatory disease which is clinically manifested with periodic episodes of fever, polyserositis and arthritis. The…Abstract Number: 1455 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies: a Single Center Experience
Background/Purpose: : Juvenile spondyloarthropathies (JSpA) are a group of chronic childhood rheumatic diseases which emerge especially before 16 and after 6 years-old. While enthesitis and…Abstract Number: 1456 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Macrophage Activation Syndrome and Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Is Their Clinical Phenotype Really Similar?
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activations syndrome (MAS) is a potentially life-threatening complication of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). It is common view that sJIA associated MAS bears…Abstract Number: 1457 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Organ Based Diagnostic Approach to Macrophage Activating Syndrome in Children Demonstrates Impaired Reticuloendothelial System Clearance
Background/Purpose: Early recognition and treatment of Macrophage Activating Syndrome (MAS) can improve outcome. Various diagnostic criteria are available to optimize the diagnosis if suspected by…Abstract Number: 1458 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Chronic, Extreme Elevation of Serum IL-18 with the Development of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in a Cohort of Autoinflammatory Disease Patients: A Potential Diagnostic Biomarker?
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening systemic inflammatory syndrome that complicates several rheumatic diseases. Current MAS-related serum biomarkers (ferritin, neopterin, CD163, and CD25)…Abstract Number: 1459 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial Comparisons of Children with Idiopathic Uveitis: Results from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry
Background/Purpose: Childhood uveitis can lead to poor visual outcomes. Our data from single center studies suggests that non-Hispanic African American children (NHB) with non-inflammatory uveitis…Abstract Number: 1460 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphism with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Background/Purpose: JIA is the most common chronic arthritis of childhood. Vitamin D is a potential immuno-modulator in many conditions, including autoimmune diseases. Its influence in…Abstract Number: 1461 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an autoinflammatory disease accompanied by systemic symptoms including lymphadenopathy, serositis, and hepatosplenomegaly. Recently, we encountered a patient previously…Abstract Number: 1462 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Farber Disease: Important Differential Diagnostic Information for JIA and Other Inflammatory Arthritis Phenotypes Is Revealed By Data from the Largest Clinical Cohort to Date
Background/Purpose: Farber disease (Farber lipogranulomatosis; acid ceramidase deficiency) is a rare lysosomal storage disorder resulting from the inherited deficiency of the enzyme acid ceramidase due…Abstract Number: 1463 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Subclass Phenotypes in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Raised levels of Rheumatoid Factor (RhF) and antibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA), detected in the clinic using combinations of cyclic citrullinated peptides (CCP), are…Abstract Number: 1464 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Left Ventricle Functions in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever with Tissue Doppler and Strain Echocardiography
Assessment of Left Ventricle Functions in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever with Tissue Doppler and Strain Echocardiography Background/Purpose: The effects of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)…Abstract Number: 1465 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Anomalies in Children with Trisomy 21
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal complications of Trisomy 21 (T21) are common. Almost all children with T21 have muscle hypotonia and joint laxity. The combination of this ligamentous…Abstract Number: 1466 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Transition Readiness in Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Health Conditions
Background/Purpose: The transition from pediatric to adult care is a vulnerable period associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Guidelines call for assessing patients’ transition readiness…Abstract Number: 1467 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health Related Quality of Life Is Reduced in Pediatric Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Juvenile-Onset Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose : A number of validated measures are now available for the evaluation of health related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with rheumatic diseases,…