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Abstracts tagged "AA-amyloidosis"

  • Abstract Number: 151 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Severe Phenotype of Mevalonate-kinase Deficiency in the Czech Republic

    Sarka Fingerhutova1, Lenka Dvorakova2, Petr Chrastina2, Eva Jancova3, Petra Keslova4, Adam Klocperk5, Marcel Schuller6, Alexander Kolsky7 and Pavla Dolezalova1, 1Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, General University Hospital in Prague and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 2Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 1 st Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 3Department of Nephrology, General University Hospital in Prague and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 4Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, 2 nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, 2 nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, 5Department of Immunology, 2 nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, 2 nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, 6Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, 7Department of Children and Adolescents, 3 rd Faculty od Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    Background/Purpose:  Disease phenotype of mevalonate-kinase (MVK) deficiency (MKD) varies in relation to the extent of enzymatic activity reduction. It ranges from multi-organ involvement with fatal…
  • Abstract Number: 1196 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    AA Amyloidosis: An Evaluation of Epidemiology and Prevalence in the US and EU5 Countries

    WIlliam Andrews1, Denis Garceau2, Tomascz Sablinski3, Paul Zhang4 and Todd Waldman4, 1Auven Therapeutics, Hopkinton, MA, 2Auven Therapeutics, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Auven Therapeutics, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (U.S.), 4Navigant Consulting, Inc., New York City, NY

    Background/Purpose: AA amyloidosis (AAA) is a rare, systemic form of amyloidosis, which mostly occurs secondary to chronic inflammatory conditions, predominantly systemic arthritides. AAA is characterized…
  • Abstract Number: 1468 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Mechanism of Effectiveness of IL-6 Blockade for Reduction of SAA Production and Amyloid a Deposition in AA Amyloidosis Patients with RA

    Kazuyuki Yoshizaki, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Background/Purpose AA amyloidosis is a serious complication of chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases resulting from the deposition of amyloid A protein. Serum amyloid A (SAA),…
  • Abstract Number: 1207 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy Of Tocilizumab In Patients With AA Amyloidosis Secondary To Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Single Centre Experience

    Sedat Yilmaz1, Muhammet Cinar2, Ismail Simsek1, Hakan Erdem3 and Salih Pay3, 1Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 2Rheumatology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 3Division of Rheumatology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: The most frequent underlying diseases responsible for AA amyloidosis worldwide are rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, while familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)…
  • Abstract Number: 431 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Basic and Clinical Significance of Interleukin 6 (IL-6) in AA Amyloidosis with RA

    Kazuyuki Yoshizaki, Prabha Tiwari, Lokesh P. Tripathi, Shandar Ahmad, Kenji Mizuguchi, Teppei Nishikawa-Matsumura, Tomoyasu Isobe and Soken-Nakazawa J. Song, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Cytokine-induced hepatic serum amyloid A (SAA) is associated with the pathogenesis of AA amylodosis, a fatal disease with deposition of AA amyloid fibril on…
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