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Abstract Number: 2424 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sleep Disturbances in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence for the Role of Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Pain, and Pruritus
Katherine Milette¹, Marie Hudson², Annett Koerner¹, Murray Baron³ and Brett D. Thombs⁴, ¹Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder characterized by thickening and fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. There is significant mortality…
Abstract Number: 2425 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Qualitative Study of Self-Image and Body Image in Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Afton L. Hassett¹, Diane C. Radvanski² and Elizabeth Hale³, ¹Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ³Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Symptoms and treatment related to SLE are often outwardly evident. Patients with SLE cope with such external manifestations as joint swelling, rashes, scarring, loss…
Abstract Number: 2385 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognostic Impact of HLA-B^*51 and HLA–A^*26:01 On Ocular Behcet’s Disease
Jun Won Park¹, Eun Ha Kang², Hye Won Kim¹, Chaerin Park³, Hyeong Gon Yu³, Eun Young Lee¹, Yun Jong Lee⁴, Eun Bong Lee¹ and Yeong Wook Song⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, South Korea, ³Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: To investigate the prognostic implication of HLA-B*51 and HLA-A*26:01on visual outcome in Korean Behcet’s disease (BD) patients with uveitis. Methods: Seventy-seven Korean BD patients…
Abstract Number: 2386 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disability and Mortality Related to Cerebrovascular Disease in Systemic Vasculitis
Jamal Mikdashi¹ and Marcia Wozniak², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Despite improved therapeutic strategies, patients with systemic vasculitis (SV) continue to experience serious morbidity and mortality from persistent low grade disease activity and permanent…
Abstract Number: 2387 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Takayasu’s Arteritis: Features and Management of 216 Patients in China
Xia Liu¹, Tao Zhang², Xiaofeng Zhuang³, Kai Yuan¹, Xiaoming Shu¹ and Guochun Wang¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Department of Vascular Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Department of Cardiology, FuWai Hospital and Cardiovascular Institute, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a rare vasculitis. Although it appears to be most common in Asia countries, research on Chinese TA patients with large…
Abstract Number: 2388 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urticarial Vasculitis: Clinical Study
Javier Loricera¹, Vanesa Calvo-Rio², Francisco Ortiz Sanjuan², Marcos Antonio Gonzalez-Lopez³, Hector Fernandez-Llaca³, Javier Rueda-Gotor², Carmen Gonzalez-Vela⁴, Cristina Mata-Arnaiz⁵, Jose Luis Peña-Sagredo², Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay² and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ³Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ⁴Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Laredo, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Urticarial vasculitis is an infrecuent subset of vasculitis described by McDuffy et al, in 1973, characterized clinically by urticarial skin lesions of more than…
Abstract Number: 2389 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Angiitis: Study of 173 Patients
Javier Loricera¹, Vanesa Calvo-Rio¹, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuan¹, Marcos Antonio Gonzalez-Lopez², Hector Fernandez-Llaca³, Javier Rueda-Gotor⁴, Carmen Gonzalez-Vela⁵, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay⁴ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ³Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ⁵Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis (CLA) was defined by the International Consensus Conference for the Nomenclature of the Vasculitis (Chapel Hill, A&R 1994) as an isolated…
Abstract Number: 2390 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Color Doppler Ultrasonography an Alternative to CT/MR Angiography for Identifying Large Vessel Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis?
Andreas P. Diamantopoulos¹, Glenn Haugeberg¹ and Geirmund Myklebust², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway
Background/Purpose: Large vessel involvement has been reported to be present in 20-50% of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance…
Abstract Number: 2391 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
New Disease Manifestations After Diagnosis in Six Types of Vasculitis
Peter C. Grayson¹, David Cuthbertson², Simon Carette³, Gary S. Hoffman⁴, Nader A. Khalidi⁵, Curry L. Koening⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Philip Seo¹⁰, Ulrich Specks¹¹, Steven R. Ytterberg¹² and Peter A. Merkel¹³, ¹Section of Rheumatology & the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Vasculitis Center, Boston, MA, ²Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Div of Rheum/E1-422, UHN/MSH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatic & Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City Veterans Administration, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹²Rheumatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The proportion of patients who experience new manifestations of vasculitis after diagnosis is unknown. Our objectives were to quantify the occurrence of new…
Abstract Number: 2392 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Blood Vessel Instability and Oxidative Damage in Giant Cell Arteritis
Danielle Molloy¹, Jennifer McCormick², Mary Connolly², Muhammad Haroon³, Douglas J. Veale², Conor Murphy⁴, Ursula Fearon² and Eamonn S. Molloy¹, ¹Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Dublin Academic Medical Center, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of primary vasculitis. The pathogenesis is incompletely understood, but involves neoangiogenesis and inflammatory infiltration of…
Abstract Number: 2393 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Mobility Group Box 1 Levels Are Not Associated with Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis but Are Reduced by Glucocorticoids and Statins
Alexandre Wagner S. de Souza¹, Karina de Leeuw², Johanna Westra², Andries J. Smit³, Anne Marijn van der Graaf², Hans L. A. Nienhuis¹, Johan Bijzet², Pieter C. Limburg⁴, Coen A. Stegeman⁵, Marc Bijl⁶ and Cees G.M. Kallenberg², ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Vascular Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Martini Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a non-histone DNA binding protein that is passively released by dying cells or actively secreted by immunocompetent…
Abstract Number: 2394 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia in Behçet’s Disease Is Associated with Disease Activity
Meryem Can¹, Fatma Alibaz-Öner², Sibel Yılmaz-Öner³, Birkan İlhan⁴, Tülin Ergun⁵, Gonca Mumcu⁶ and Haner Direskeneli⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Turkey, ³Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Dermatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Department of Health Management, Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Studies on the relationship between Fibromyalgia (FM), a generalized pain disorder with up to 2% prevelance and Behcet’s Disease (BD), a systemic, inflammatory vasculitis,…
Abstract Number: 2395 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Body Composition, Strength, and Function in Elderly Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Rebecca L. Manno¹, Allan C. Gelber², Philip Seo³, Stuart M. Levine⁴, Sharon R. Ghazarian⁵, Po-Han Chen⁶, Kerry J. Stewart⁷, Jeffrey Metter⁸, Luigi Ferrucci⁸ and Kevin R. Fontaine⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine/ Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Bayview Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Data Management (BEAD) Core, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Bayview Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Data Management (BEAD) Core, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Health Behavior, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose : Loss of muscle and strength typically occur with advanced age. Chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, have reported similar deficits. Giant cell…
Abstract Number: 2396 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Homocysteine Levels Are Associated with Ischemic Arterial Events Rather Than Disease Activity and the Extension of Arterial Involvement in Takayasu Arteritis
Alexandre W.S. Souza¹, Carla S. Lima², Ana Cecilia D. Oliveira³, Luiz Samuel G. Machado³, Frederico A. G. Pinheiro³, Sonia Hix⁴ and Vânia D'Almeida⁵, ¹Rheumatology Div/Dept of Med, Escola Paulista de Medicina - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Div/Dept of Med, Escola Paulista de Medicina - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo- Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: High plasma homocysteine is an independent risk factor for arterial ischemic events. The objective of this study is to evaluate plasma homocysteine levels in…
Abstract Number: 2397 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urinary Biomarkers in Vasculitis Associated with Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Jason G. Lieberthal¹, David Cuthbertson², Simon Carette³, Gary S. Hoffman⁴, Nader A. Khalidi⁵, Curry L. Koening⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon⁸, Philip Seo⁹, Ulrich Specks¹⁰, Steven R. Ytterberg¹¹, Peter A. Merkel¹² and Paul A. Monach¹³, ¹Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Div of Rheum/E1-422, UHN/MSH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatic & Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City Veterans Administration, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Rheumatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Glomerulonephritis is common in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), but non-invasive tools for early detection of renal involvement suffer from low sensitivity (red blood cell…

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