ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 264 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Fumiaki Nonaka1, Toshimasa Shimizu2, Katsumi Eguchi3, Masataka Umeda4, Yukitaka Ueki5, Keita Fujikawa6, Akinari Mizokami7, Munetoshi Nakashima8, Michio Yasunami9, Naoki Iwamoto4, Atsushi Kawakami2, Yuka Jiuchi10 and Kiyoshi Migita10, 1Department of Rheumatology and Metabloism, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, 2Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, 3Department of Rheumatology, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, 4Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 5Kyushu multicenter rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound prospective observational cohort study group, Nagasaki, Japan, 6Arthritis and Connective Tissue Disease, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, 7Department of Rheumatology, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, 8Department of Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, 9Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki, Japan, 10Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
Background/Purpose: Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare inflammatory disorder that has been recently classified as a polygenic autoinflammatory disorder. Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever…