Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0882 • ACR Convergence 2025
Serum KL-6 as a Predictive Biomarker for Interstitial Lung Disease Progression and Mortality in Systemic Sclerosis: A Prospective Cohort Study
cristiana Sieiro¹, Jose Ordas Martínez², Sara Calleja Antolín², Juan Garcia Herrero², Javier De la Calle², Miriam Retuerto², Laura Sierra², Elena Bollo de Miguel² and Elvira Díez Álvarez², ¹Univrsity of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and continuous monitoring of ILD are…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Significance of Anti-MDA5 Epitope Antibodies as Prognostic Indicators for Interstitial Lung Disease With or Without Dermatomyositis
Tsuneo Sasai¹, Ran Nakashima², Motohiro Nonaka³, Norimichi Nomura⁴, Atsubumi Ogawa¹, Yasuhiro Nohda¹, Mirei Shirakashi², Ryosuke Hiwa¹, Hideaki Tsuji¹, Hajime Yoshifuji², Shogo Matsuda⁵, Masao Katsushima⁶, Michinori Ishitoku⁷, Yusuke Yoshida⁷, Yasuyuki Todoroki⁸, Satoshi Kubo⁹, Tomohiro Handa¹⁰, Hiromi Tomioka¹¹, Ryo Tachikawa¹², Keisuke Tomii¹², Kiminobu Tanizawa¹³, Toru Arai¹⁴, Takuya Kotani¹⁵, Motomu Hashimoto¹⁶, Shintaro Hirata⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁷, Tsuneyo Mimori¹⁸ and Akio Morinobu¹⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ³Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Rheumatology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁸Department of Molecular Targeted Therapies, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁹Department of Molecular Targeted Therapies (DMTT), University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure and Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ¹¹Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ¹²Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ¹³Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁴Clinical Research Center, NHO Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁶Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁸Takeda Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁹Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) is a cytoplasmic RNA sensor and activates the innate immune response. Autoantibodies against MDA5 are associated with rapidly progressive…
Abstract Number: 0414 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predicting JIA-Associated Uveitis Using Tear Fluid Biomarkers: A Prospective Multicenter Study
Mariia Pavlenko¹, Mekibib Altaye², Hermine Brunner³, Margaret Chang⁴, Ashley Cooper⁵, Stefanie Davidson⁶, Alexandra Duell³, Bharti Gangwani⁴, Aimee Hersh⁷, Gary Holland⁸, Carl Langefeld⁹, Melissa Lerman¹⁰, Mindy Lo⁴, Virginia Miraldi Utz³, Sampath Prahalad¹¹, Grant Schulert³, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹², Erin Stahl⁵, Edmund Tsui⁸ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹³, ¹Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ⁹Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ¹³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the most common extra-articular manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and can lead to vision loss if not detected early. Current clinical…
Abstract Number: 0100 • ACR Convergence 2025
Therapeutic Modulation of NAD+ Metabolism in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders by TNFi and NAD+ Precursors
Beatriz Vellón-García¹, Gema Dolores García-Delgado², Adrián Llamas Urbano³, Yas Hanaee³, Pedro Ortiz Buitrago⁴, Christian Merlo⁵, Maria del carmen abalos-aguilera⁵, julio Manuel Martinez Moreno⁶, Iván Arias de la Rosa⁷, María Dolores López-Montilla⁸, Rafaela Ortega-Castro⁹, Jerusalén Calvo¹⁰, Lourdes Ladehesa¹¹, Clementina López Medina¹², María Ángeles Puche-Larrubia¹³, Nuria Barbarroja¹⁴, Eduardo Collantes estévez¹⁵, Alejandro Escudero-contreras⁵, Chary López pedrera¹⁶, Jose manuel Villalba¹⁷ and Carlos Pérez Sánchez¹⁸, ¹Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain/Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain/Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain., Cordoba, Spain, ³Cobiomic Bioscience SL. EBT University of Cordoba/IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain., Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Cobiomic Bioscience SL. EBT University of Cordoba/IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷IMIBIC/FIBICO/Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital General de Tomelloso, Tomelloso; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Castilla-La Mancha (IDISCAM), Toledo, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd) Toledo, Spain., Córdoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba/IMIBIC/University of Cordoba., CORDOBA, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ¹⁰IMIBIC / Reina Sofia Hospital / University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹¹IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹²Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, ¹³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Granada, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁵Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC) / Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁷Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: This study aims to:Characterize the NAD+ metabolome in CIRDs and their association with clinical traits.Evaluate the impact of TNFi therapy on NAD+ metabolome alterations.Test…
Abstract Number: 2589 • ACR Convergence 2025
Multi-omics Integration Reveals Gut Microbiota–Metabolite Dysregulation in Gout with Metabolic Syndrome
Yuanpiao Ni¹, Fanxin Zeng², Yufeng Qing³ and Quanbo Zhang³, ¹Affiliated Hospital Of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China (People's Republic), ²Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, Sichuan, China (People's Republic), ³The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China (People's Republic)

Background/Purpose: Gout is a metabolic disorder driven by abnormalities in urate metabolism and chronic inflammation. Recent studies suggest that gout is not limited to joint…
Abstract Number: 2335 • ACR Convergence 2025
The 14-3-3 eta AAb biomarker improves discriminative performance of CRP and HLA-B27 to differentiate people with radiographic axSpA from those with mechanical back pain.
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Raj Sengupta², Anthony Marotta³, Stephanie Wichuk⁴, Charlotte Cavill⁵, Stephen Bleakley³ and Norma Biln⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, ⁵⁶⁸ Heritage Building, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, England, United Kingdom, ³Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, England, United Kingdom, ⁶Augurex Life Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Reducing diagnostic delay for people presenting with back pain who have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) has become a clinical imperative since effective treatments can limit…
Abstract Number: 2085 • ACR Convergence 2025
Estimating the Association between Effusion-synovitis and Knee Pain in a Subset of Participants with Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
Dagoberto Robles¹, Greg Gilles², Nathaniel H. Christiansen³, Luke Grawer⁴, Karim Jayyusi⁴, Ali Shaikh⁴, Rongrong Tang⁵, Mihra S. Taljanovic⁴, Jeffrey Duryea⁶, Edward J. Bedrick⁵ and C. Kent Kwoh⁷, ¹University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona Arthritis Center, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, ³University of Arizona, Stockton, NJ, ⁴University of Arizona, Tucson, ⁵The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, ⁶Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Even though knee pain is ubiquitous in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients, currently there are limited treatment options which are only minimally or moderately efficacious…
Abstract Number: 1834 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integrative Bioinformatics Analysis Reveals Key Genes and Immune Profiles Associated with Preeclampsia in Lupus Pregnancy
Rodolfo Martinez-Canales¹, Eva Abigaid Galindo-Calvillo², Andres M. Ortiz-Rios², Braulio R. Avalos-Garcia², Lorena Perez-Barbosa², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³, Cassandra Michele Skinner-Taylor², Mario Cesar Salinas-Carmona¹ and Noe Macias-Segura¹, ¹Immunology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Preeclampsia (PE) is a serious complication of pregnancy associated with significant maternal and fetal outcomes. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly increases the risk of…
Abstract Number: 1703 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predicting Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Using Longitudinal Cytokine Trajectories, Machine Learning and Spatial Transcriptomic Imaging
Wittaya Suwakulsiri¹, Lukas Andriessen², Coline Fournier³, Saritha Kodikara⁴, Amy Anderson⁵, Jasmine Sim⁵, Kim-Anh Le Cao⁴, Yann Abraham⁶, Kevin Wei⁷, Kenneth Baker⁵, Arthur Pratt⁸, Mihir Wechalekar⁹, John Isaacs¹⁰ and Ranjeny Thomas¹, ¹Frazer Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ²Frazer Institute, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia, ³Melbourne Integrative Genomics & School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Melbourne Integrative Genomics & School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵Translational and Clinical Research Institute, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁶DeepLife, Vernon, France, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁹Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁰Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Many patients living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can achieve remission with modern treat-to-target disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), albeit with the risks associated with long-term…
Abstract Number: 1490 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Relationship with Inflammatory Biomarkers in SLE: A Focus on Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio
judith hernández-Sánchez¹, Beatriz Tejera Segura², Luis Bausá Gimeno¹, Doryan García Olivas¹, Patricia González Terrats¹, MA Acosta Mérida¹, Diana Botello Corzo¹, Daniel Batista perdomo¹, Sergio Machin González¹, F Javier Nóvoa Medina¹ and Jose Angel Hernandez³, ¹Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ²Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran CanariaHospital, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs. Vitamin D levels have been associated with disease activity in…
Abstract Number: 1220 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies : a Retrospective Study of 502 Cases
Wei Bian¹, Jian Hao¹, Na zhang¹, Xiaojing Zhang¹, Fumin Qi¹, Yin Zhao² and Wei Wei¹, ¹Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China (People's Republic), ²Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Yunnan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) causes worse prognosis. Some patients develop progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) despite appropriate treatment. Identifying predictors…
Abstract Number: 0694 • ACR Convergence 2025
Treatment of Sjögren’s disease by blocking FcRn: clinical and translational data from RHO, a phase 2 randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind, proof-of-concept study with efgartigimod
isabelle peene¹, Gwenny Verstappen², Joke Deprez³, Frans Kroese², Suzanne Arends², Andrew Kelly⁴, Lana Vandersarren⁵, Edward Bowen⁶, Julie Jacobs⁷, Paul Meyvisch⁸, Dirk Elewaut⁹ and Hendrika Bootsma¹⁰, ¹University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Argenx, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Argenx, Boston, MA, ⁶IQVIA, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁷argenx, Ravels, Belgium, ⁸argenx, Ghent, Belgium, ⁹VIB Center for Inflammation Research, and Ghent University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁰UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Background/Purpose Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and progressive, immune-mediated dysfunction of the exocrine glands. Immunoglobulin (Ig)…
Abstract Number: 0873 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex Differences in Proteomic Profiles and the Impact of Deucravacitinib Treatment in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: A Pooled Phase 3 Analysis
Lihi Eder¹, Shangzhong Li², Philip J. Mease³, Christopher Ritchlin⁴, Walter P Maksymowych⁵, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁶, Josef Smolen⁷, Oliver FitzGerald⁸, Vinod Chandran⁹, Chun Wu¹⁰ and Jinqi Liu², ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶LMU Hospital, Division for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Munich, Bayern, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine ³, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁸UCD, Dublin ⁶, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ¹⁰Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton
Background/Purpose: PsA affects male and female patients equally; however, variations in manifestations and treatment response exist between sexes. Deucravacitinib is an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine…
Abstract Number: 0758 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Between Baseline IL-6 Levels and the Clinical Phenotype of Giant Cell Arteritis
Raquel Ugena-García¹, Clara Churtichaga Domenech², Judith Vidal-Ripoll², Francina salabert-Carreras², Cristina Calomarde-Gómez¹, Cristina Rocamora-Gisbert³, Irene Peralta-García⁴, Niccolo Viveros², Anne Riveros Frutos³, Ivette Casafont-Solé¹ and Judit Font-Urgelles¹, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, ³Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna. Karolinska University Hospital, Medical Unit of Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Rheumatology. Theme Inflammation and Ageing, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in patients over the age of 50. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown to…
Abstract Number: 0406 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing biomarkers associated with uveitis in tear fluid and serum samples of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Ilaria Maccora¹, Mariia Pavlenko², Mekibib Altaye³, Hermine Brunner⁴, Margaret Chang⁵, Ashley Cooper⁶, Stefanie Davidson⁷, Alexandra Duell⁴, Bharti Gangwani⁵, Aimee Hersh⁸, Gary Holland⁹, Carl Langefeld¹⁰, Melissa Lerman¹¹, Mindy Lo⁵, Virginia Miraldi Utz⁴, Sampath Prahalad¹², Grant Schulert⁴, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹³, Erin Stahl⁶, Edmund Tsui⁹ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReCoNNET Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ²Rheumatology Division, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ⁷Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ¹⁰Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ¹⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) develops in 15-20% of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) cases. Early detection may prevent vision loss. However, known clinical risk factors…

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