Abstracts tagged "arthritis and thyroid"

Abstract Number: 1871 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Familial Aggregation of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Systemic Sclerosis Were Detected in Systemic Lupus Erythematous Families
Rufei Lu¹, Hua Chen¹, Krista Bean¹, Teresa Aberle¹, Joel Guthridge¹ and Judith James^1,2, ¹Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Medicine & Pathology, Univ. of Oklahoma, Okla, OK
Background/Purpose: Many systemic autoimmune diseases share heritable and non-heritable risks, as well as some clinical manifestations. A recent meta-analysis based upon genome-wide genetic studies contrasting…