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Abstract Number: 2033 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infliximab Is an Effective Therapy in Pediatric Renal Sarcoidosis
Elisa Wershba¹, Laura Lewandowski¹, Heather Van Mater² and C. Egla Rabinovich¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Duke Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Renal sarcoidosis is an unusual form of a rare multisystem disease, and there is little data to guide therapy. The cytokines implicated in…
Abstract Number: 2034 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is a Reliable Tool to Monitor Chronic Non-Bacterial Osteomyelitis in Children
Grazia Minardo¹, Giulia Zanon¹, Simone Corradin², Pietro Zucchetta³, Giorgia Martini⁴, Fabio Vittadello¹ and Francesco Zulian⁵, ¹Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ²Institute of Radiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ⁴Department of Pediatrics,, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is a rare condition characterized by inflammatory bone lesions with no detectable infectious agents. It may be unifocal (U-CNO) or…
Abstract Number: 2035 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Icbd (International Criteria for Behcet’s Disease) in Iranian Children with Behcet’s Disease
Nahid Shafaie¹, Bahar Sadeghi Abdollahi² and Fereydoun Davatchi², ¹Rheumatology Research Centre, Shariati Hospital-Tehran Univ, Tehran, Iran, ²Rheumatology, Behcet's Unit, Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Background/Purpose: ICBD is the new international criteria for diagnosis/classification of Behcet’s Disease, created in 2006. The scoring system for ICBD depends on 2 points for…
Abstract Number: 2036 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pediatric Onset En Coup De Sabre and Parry-Romberg Syndrome Cohort
Kristin M. Brown¹, Darren Smith², Christina Kelsey³, Katherine Kurzinski⁴ and Kathryn S. Torok⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, university of Pittsburgh Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma is an autoimmune disease characterized by disfiguring thickening and fibrosis of the skin and underlying soft tissues; the majority of cases have…
Abstract Number: 2037 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Quality of Gout Care Is Strongly Associated with Higher Gout-Related Health Care Utilization
Jasvinder A. Singh¹ and Joshua Richman², ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ²Biostatistics, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Proponents of improving quality of gout care have suggested various gout quality indicators, but no study to date has shown the link between…
Abstract Number: 2039 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Uveitis Surveillance Through Lean-Six Sigma for Quality Assurance in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Anjali Patwardhan¹, Kelly Kelleher², Jeffery Hoffman³, Karla B. Jones⁴, Stacy P. Ardoin⁵ and Charles H. Spencer⁶, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Pediatric Research and innovation, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Emergency Medicine, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Rheumatology ED260- 2S, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ⁶Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Chronic asymptomatic iridocyclitis occurs in 10-20% of all patients with JIA leading to insidious but progressive morbidity and possible blindness. Patients with JIA-associated uveitis…
Abstract Number: 2040 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Provisions of Quality Driven Care in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Matthew C. Hollander¹, Jessica M. Sage², Alexandria J. Greenler², Tadej Avcin³, Michael W. Beresford⁴, Graciela Espada⁵, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman⁶, Michael Henrickson⁷, Tsz-Leung Lee⁸, Joshua D. Pendl⁹, Marilynn G. Punaro¹⁰, Jennifer L. Huggins¹¹, Anne M. Stevens¹² and Hermine Brunner¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁴Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Section, Childrens Hosp Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷MLC 4010, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Paediatrics and Adolescent Med, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁹Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹²Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Quality Indicators (QI) are retrospectively measurable elements of practice performance for which there is evidence or consensus that can be used to assess the…
Abstract Number: 2000 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Evaluation of Enthesitis in Spondyloarthropathy
Hemalatha Srinivasalu¹, Suvimol C. Hill², Gina A. Montealegre Sanchez³, April D. Brundidge³, Michael M. Ward⁴ and Robert A. Colbert³, ¹Rheumatology, NIAMS NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is a characteristic feature of spondyloarthritis (SpA). Tenderness at enthesial points constitutes clinical enthesitis. However, this may not always correlate with actual inflammation…
Abstract Number: 2001 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Methotrexate and Injectable Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitor Adherence and Persistence in Children with Rheumatic Diseases
Sarah Ringold¹, Shannon Grant², Charmaine Girdish³, Carol A. Wallace⁴ and Sean Sullivan⁵, ¹Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital/Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Axio Research LLC, Seattle, WA, ³Research, CVS Caremark, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Pediatrics, Seattle Childrens Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁵Health Sciences Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Medication adherence and persistence have been demonstrated to have important implications for treatment effectiveness, cost, and safety. Methotrexate is one of the most commonly…
Abstract Number: 2002 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Randomized Clinical Trial in Pediatric Rheumatology: Are Parents and Patients in Equipoise?
Petra C.E. Hissink Muller¹, Bahar Yildiz¹, Cornelia F. Allaart², Danielle M.C. Brinkman³, Marion A. J. Van Rossum⁴, J. Merlijn Van den Berg⁵, Lisette W.A. Van Suijlekom-Smit⁶, Rebecca Ten Cate¹ and Martine C. de Vries⁷, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Emma Children's Hospital / Academic Medical Center and Reade Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Emma Children's Hospital / Academic Medical Centre and Reade Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: It is an ethical requirement for setting up a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that the physician-investigator must have genuine uncertainty about the therapeutic options.…
Abstract Number: 2003 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Colchicine As a Therapeutic Option in Periodic Fever Aphtous Stomatitis, Pharingitis Syndrome. and Cervical Adenitis (PFAPA)
Yonatan butbul Aviel¹, Sameh Tatour², Ruth Gershoni³ and Riva Brik⁴, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Pediatric Unit B, Rambam Medical Center, Israel, ³Genetics Unit, Rambam, Israel, ⁴Pediatric Unit B, Rambam Medical center
Background/Purpose: PFAPA syndrome is episodic disease characterized by periodic episodes of high fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis, so far no therapy was shown…
Abstract Number: 2004 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do We Need a Minimum Standards in Care for Children with Localized Scleroderma- Result of the Consensus Meeting in Hamburg Germany On the 11th of December 2011. Part I. Diagnosis and Assessment of the Disease
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Tamás Constantin², Peter Hoeger³, Monika Moll⁴, Clare Pain⁵, Dana Nemcova⁶, Kathryn S. Torok⁷, Lisa Weibel⁸ and Philip J. Clements⁹, ¹Kinder- und Jugenrheumatologie, Hamburger Zentrum Kinder-und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Semmelweis Egyetem, AOK, II.sz. Gyermekgyogyaszati Klinika, Budapest, Hungary, ³Pediatric Dermatology, Kinderkrankenhaus Wilhelmstift, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, University Childrenxsxhospital, Tübingen, Germany, ⁵Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University Childrenxsxhospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Pediatric Dermatology, University Childrenxs Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localised scleroderma (jlSc) is an orphan disease. There are currently no guidelines regarding diagnosis, follow up and treatment. In the frame of the…
Abstract Number: 2005 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Course and Outcomes of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis and Idiopathic Uveitis
Sheila T. Angeles-Han¹, Steven Yeh², Courtney McCracken³, Larry B. Vogler⁴, Kelly A. Rouster-Stevens⁵, Christine W. Kennedy⁶, Matthew Kent⁴, Kirsten Jenkins⁷, Scott Lambert⁸, Carolyn Drews-Botsch⁹ and Sampath Prahalad¹⁰, ¹Pediatrics, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Dept of Pediatrics, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatologist, Emory Children's Center, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Rheumatology Immunology, Emory Children's Center, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁸Ophthalmology, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁹Epidemiology, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Emory Children's Center, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Uveitis can lead to vision loss and blindness. Few studies focus on the outcomes of children with both juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (JIA-U) and…
Abstract Number: 2006 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sexual Health and Substance Abuse in Adolescents with Rheumatic Conditions
Sara M. Stern¹, Rhina Castillo², Katherine AB Marzan², Jennifer Jackson³, Mona Desai³, Ellen Iverson³, Leslie F. Clark³ and Diane Tanaka³, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Adolescence is a unique stage with pubertal maturation, individuation from parents and peer group identification. The impact of a rheumatic condition can affect social,…
Abstract Number: 2007 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiological Peripheral Involvement At Hands, Feet and Hips in Young Adults with Polyarticular Idiopathic Juvenile Arthritis
Muriel Elhai¹, Ramin Bazeli², Veronique Freire², Antoine Feydy², Andre Kahan³, Chantal Job-Deslandre⁴ and Julien Wipff¹, ¹Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ²Radiology B, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ³Service de Rhumatologie A, Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁴Service de Rhumatologie, Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Radiographic damage was recently considered to be a feature of poor prognosis in cases of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA). However, most radiographic studies…

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