Abstracts tagged "activity score and biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 487 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Limited Utility of Cytokine Profiles in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Clinically Active Disease and Normal Inflammatory Indices
Gail S. Kerr¹, Asha Mariam Alex², Harlan Sayles³ and Ted R Mikuls⁴, ¹Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Rheumatology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Methods: RA patients enrolled in a longitudinal observational registry (VARA) were studied and clinical and disease status characteristics documented. Patients with high joint counts (TJC +…
Abstract Number: 1607 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Cell and Neutrophil-Related Transcripts Predict and Characterize a Lupus Flare
Mikhail Olferiev¹, Kyriakos A. Kirou² and Mary K. Crow³, ¹Research, HSS, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose Lupus flare reflects an increase of disease activity that is associated with significant morbidity and accumulation of tissue damage. Prediction and prevention of lupus…