Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies and health disparities"

Abstract Number: 222 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Characterization of Unexpected Autoantibody Specificities in American Indian SLE Patients
Joseph M. Kheir¹, Tim Gross¹, Carla J. Guthridge¹, Krista Bean¹, Virginia C. Roberts¹, Joel M. Guthridge², M. Sohail Khan³, Fabio Mota⁴, Michael Peercy⁵, Bobby Saunkeah⁶ and Judith A. James⁷, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Cherokee Nation Health Services, Tahlequah, OK, ⁴Chickasaw Nation Medical Center, Ada, OK, ⁵Epidemiology, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Ada, OK, ⁶Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Ada, OK, ⁷Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: System Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is over-represented in the American Indian (AI) population and often manifests as a more severe…