Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies and vaccines"

Abstract Number: 1724 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Pandemic Influenza Immunization in Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome (PAPS): A Trigger to Autoantibody Production?
Danielle M. Medeiros¹, Cleonice Bueno², Ana Cristina M. Ribeiro¹, Ana L. G. Calich¹, Karina Rossi Bonfiglioli³, Vilma S. Viana¹, Jozelio F. Carvalho⁴, Clovis Artur Silva⁵ and Eloisa Bonfá⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Divison of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Division, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: There are scarce data suggesting that pandemic influenza vaccination may induce antiphospholipid (APL) autoantibodies in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, particularly in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.…