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Abstract Number: 759 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients with and Without Elevated Baseline Acute Phase Reactants: Distinct Subgroups of Polymyalgia Rheumatica?
Diane Marsman¹, Aatke van der Maas ¹, Alfons den Broeder ¹, Nathan den Broeder ¹, Nadine Boers ² and Frank van den Hoogen ¹, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen
Background/Purpose: Systemic signs of inflammation such as raised CRP or ESR are a classical feature of PMR, but some patients present with normal acute phase…
Abstract Number: 760 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Prescribing Methotrexate in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Missed Opportunity?
Diane Marsman¹, Aatke van der Maas ¹, Nathan den Broeder ¹, Thomas Bolhuis ¹, Nadine Boers ², Alfons den Broeder ¹ and Frank van den Hoogen ¹, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen
Background/Purpose: Patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arthritis (GCA) constitute approximately 20% of diseases chronically treated with glucocorticoids (GC) with a daily dose…
Abstract Number: 761 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Winter Is Coming
Diane Marsman¹, Aatke van der Maas ¹, Alfons den Broeder ¹, Frank van den Hoogen ¹, Nathan den Broeder ¹ and Nadine Boers ², ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen
Background/Purpose: The cause for polymyalgia rheumatic (PMR) is currently unknown. Disease onset may be triggered by a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental factors such…
Abstract Number: 762 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Are There Any Identifiable Triggers in Polymyalgia Rheumatica? A Matched-Control Study
Mayra Tobar Jaramillo¹, Victor Santos Andrade ², Marina Scolnik ³, Luciano Fernando Lo Giudice ⁴, John Jaramillo Gallego ⁵, Valeria Scaglioni ⁵ and Enrique Soriano ⁶, ¹Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Fundacion Valle de lili, Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, ³Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Rheumatology Section, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina., Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: As many other rheumatologic diseases, pathogenesis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) isnot well understood. Genetic factors seem to play a role. Some studies have suggested…
Abstract Number: 763 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Treatment Efficacy Evaluation of Leflunomide by Regulating Macrophages in Takayasu Arteritis
Xiaomeng Cui¹, Xiaomin Dai ¹, Xiufang Kong ², Rongyi Chen ¹, Lili Ma ¹, Ying Sun ³ and Lindi Jiang ¹, ¹Zhongshan hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²University of Michigan & Fudan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Rheumatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, Shanghai
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of leflunomide (LEF) for active Chinese Takayasu Arteritis (TA) patients in induction therapy compared with cyclophosphamide (CYC) and…
Abstract Number: 764 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Clinical and Angiographic Features of Chinese Takayasu’s Arteritis Patients: A Cohort Study of 591 Patients in 6 Years
Yunjiao Yang¹, Jing Li ², Xinping Tian ¹ and Xiaofeng Zeng ¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Medical College, Beijing
Background/Purpose: To investigate the clinical and angiographic features of 591 Chinese Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) patientsMethods: Clinical and angiographic findings of 591 Chinese TAK patients enrolled…
Abstract Number: 765 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Application of Different Sets of Classification/diagnostic Criteria for Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Single Center Study of 100 Patients
DIANA PRIETO- PENA¹, Mónica Calderón-Goercke ², Iñigo Gonzalez-Mazon ¹, Jose Luis Martín-Varillas ³, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao ³, Belén Atienza-Mateo ³, Miguel Angel González-Gay ⁴ and Ricardo Blanco ³, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) diagnosis is based on clinical and analytical features characterized by shoulder and pelvic girdle pain associated with elevated acute phase reactants.…
Abstract Number: 766 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Long-term Therapy with Glucocorticoid in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Akiko Aoki¹, Hiroshi Kobayashi ¹ and Hiroshi Oka ¹, ¹Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Clinical symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are improved by low-dose glucocorticoids (GC), but relapses and long-term GC therapy are common. 2015 EULAR/ACR recommendations suggest…
Abstract Number: 767 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Outcome Measures in Large-Vessel Vasculitis: Relationships Between Patient, Physician, Imaging, and Laboratory-Based Domains
Casey A. Rimland¹, Kaitlin Quinn ², Joel S. Rosenblum ³, Mollie Schwartz ⁴, K Bates Gribbons ⁵, Elaine Novakovich ⁶, Antoine Sreih ⁷, Peter Merkel ⁷, Mark A. Ahlman ⁸ and Peter C. Grayson ⁹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Georgetown University Hospital/National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, ³National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁵National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD, ⁹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) is characterized by inflammation of the aorta and its major branches. The most common forms of LVV include giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 768 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Angiographic Patterns and Changes in Arterial Lesions in Patients with Behcet’s Disease
Su Jin Choi¹, So Hye Nam ¹, Jung Sun Lee ¹, Doo-Ho Lim ², Ji Seon Oh ³, Seokchan Hong ¹, Yong-Gil Kim ¹, Chang-Keun Lee ¹ and Bin Yoo ¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Arterial involvement is a manifestation of systemic vasculitis in Behçet’s disease (BD). Changes to BD arterial lesions over time can help predict patient prognosis.…
Abstract Number: 769 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Damage in Takayasu‘s Arteritis Is Associated with Age at Symptom-onset, Disease-duration and Corticosteroid Dose but Not Relapse in Routine Follow-up
Sema Kaymaz-Tahra¹, Fatma Alibaz-Oner ² and Haner Direskeneli ³, ¹Marmara University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University Faculty of Medicine,Department of Rheumatology,Istanbul,Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: As a large-vessel vasculitis of young-age group, Takayasu‘s arteritis (TAK) have a high morbidity and mortality caused by the disease or treatments such as…
Abstract Number: 770 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Involvement of Iliofemoral and Axillary Arteries in PET-CT May Be Associated with Atherosclerotic Risk Factors in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Sema Kaymaz-Tahra¹, Salih Ozguven ², Ali Ugur Unal ³, Fatma Alibaz-Oner ⁴, Tunc Ones ², Tanju Yusuf Erdil ² and Haner Direskeneli ⁵, ¹Marmara University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University Faculty of Medicine,Department of Rheumatology,Istanbul,Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: FDG-PET-CT is recommended as one of the imaging modalities for the diagnosis and monitoring of primary large-vessel vasculitis (LVV), such as Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK).…
Abstract Number: 771 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Von Willebrand Factor Is Localized in the Extravascular Tissue of Patients with Juvenile Scleroderma
Natalia Vasquez-Canizares¹, Beamon Agarwal ², Tamar Rubinstein ³, Dawn Wahezi ⁴ and Morayma Reyes Gil ⁵, ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²GenomeRxUS LLC, Providence, PA, ³Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, ⁵Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
Background/Purpose: Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) is a glycoprotein synthesized in endothelial cells and megakaryocytes that has an essential role in primary hemostasis. There is increasing…
Abstract Number: 772 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Study of the Novel G87V Mutation in the TNFRSF1A Gene Identified in a Family with TNF Receptor-Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS)
Shoko Tsuji¹, Hidenori Matsuzaki ², Masanori Iseki ³, Akiko Nagasu ¹, Hiroyasu Hirano ¹, Katsuhiko Ishihara ⁴, Naoyasu Ueda ⁵, Yoshitaka Honda ⁶, Takahiko Horiuchi ⁷, Ryuta Nishikomori ⁸, Yoshitaka Morita ¹ and Tomoyuki Mukai ⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, ²Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, shobara, Hiroshima, Japan, ³Department of Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, ⁴Department of Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan, Beppu, Japan, ⁸Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Kawasaki medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: TNF Receptor-Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) is one of the autoinflammatory diseases. TRAPS is caused by heterozygous mutations in the TNFRSF1A gene. Although more than…
Abstract Number: 773 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Chondrocytes Influence Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes from Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Through the Abrogation of TGFβ Signaling, to Delay Cell Differentiation and Maturation
Megan Simonds ¹, Amanda Schlefman ¹, Suzanne McCahan ¹, Kathleen Sullivan ², Carlos Rose ³ and AnneMarie Brescia³, ¹Nemours Biomedical Research, Wilmington, DE, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Nemours/ Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: Progression of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) can lead to growth disturbances in affected joints. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a key role in the pathogenesis…

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