Abstracts tagged "adult-onset Still’s disease and apoptosis"

Abstract Number: 251 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Persistent Pruritic Skin Lesions with Dyskeratotic Cells in Upper Layer of Epidermis Are Specific and Associated with High Levels of Serum IL-18 in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease
Natsuki Maeda^1,2, Yoshinori Taniguchi³, Kimiko Nakajima⁴, Yoshiko Shimamura⁵, Hirofumi Nishikawa⁶, Shuichi Nakayama⁴, Shigetoshi Sano⁴, Shimpei Fujimoto⁶ and Yoshio Terada⁵, ¹Endocrinology,Metabolism,Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ²Dermatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ³Endocrinology, Metabolism,Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan, ⁴Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ⁵Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan, ⁶Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is an acute and systemic inflammatory disorder that is characterized by high spiking fever, evanescent rash, arthralgia/arthritis and hyperferritinemia. However,…