Abstract Number: 447 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Discriminating between Central & Peripheral Pain Sensitization Using a Slowly Repeated Evoked Pain Protocol
Background/Purpose: In a prior study, the response of pain sensitization by fibromyalgia (FM) patients to a protocol of Slowly Repeated Evoked Pain (SREP)* was strongly…Abstract Number: 2732 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Recommendations for the Management of Neuro-Behcet’s Disease By the Japanese National Research Committee for Behcet’s Disease
Background/Purpose: Central nervous system involvement is one of the most serious complications in Behçet’s disease (BD). This condition is referred to as neuro-Behçet’s disease (NB)…Abstract Number: 18L • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Primary CNS Vaculitis Vs Neurosarcoidosis: Can We Predict the Diagnosis with MRI?
Didem Saygin1, Priya Sundaram-Simonelli2, Leonard H. Calabrese3, Elisabeth Ray4, William Messner5, Stephen Jones2, Jinny Tavee6 and Rula A Hajj-Ali7, 1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2Neuroradiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 3Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 4Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 5Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 6Neuromuscular diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 7Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Neurosarcoidosis and primary angiitis of central nervous system (PACNS) are inflammatory diseases affecting central nervous system, with overlapping clinical and pathological characteristics. Differentiating between…Abstract Number: 2819 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Clinical Utility of Anti-Aquaporin 4 Antibody Measurement in Patients with Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Manifestations
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies. Among the complications of SLE, neuropsychiatric manifestations (NPSLE) can…Abstract Number: 2951 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Patient Outcomes in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System
Results: 1855 patient records were identified using the ICD-9 code for cerebral angiitis. 78 patients met inclusion criteria, of which 27 responded to the questionnaires…Abstract Number: 39 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Effects of Pregabalin (Lyrica®) on Cerebrospinal Fluid Substance P in Human Subjects with Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia Syndrome [FMS] is a common chronic pain disorder. Pregabalin (PGB) is one of three medications approved by the FDA for treatment of FMS.…Abstract Number: 1348 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Neuromyelitis Optica: Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns Among Rheumatologists Versus Non-Rheumatologists
Background/Purpose: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system that has been associated with systemic autoimmunity often cared for by…Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
MRI Findings in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Pachymeningitis and Implications in Quality of Life
Background/Purpose: The frequency of CNS involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is uncommon (4-18%). Among them, pachymeningitis (PM) has been reported in 0.6-8%. Improvement of…Abstract Number: 769 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Evaluation of Soluble Alpha-Klotho in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Evaluation of Soluble alpha-Klotho in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus ErythematosusABSTRACTBackground/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a serious complication in SLE that presents a variety of…Abstract Number: 889 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Central Nervous System Involvement of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss): Retrospective Analysis of 26 Cases and Review of the Literature
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is characterized by asthma, blood and tissue eosinophilia, vasculitis-related peripheral neuropathy, glomerulonephritis or skin symptoms. Although peripheral nervous system…Abstract Number: 1449 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Effect of IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Anakinra (Kineret®) on Measures of Central Nervous System Inflammation and Headaches in Pediatric Patients with Severe Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes
Background/Purpose: Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS) include a group of rare inherited autoinflammatory diseases consisting of Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells Syndrome and the most…Abstract Number: 2427 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Childhood Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis
Background/Purpose: Childhood primary central nervous system vasculitis (cPANCS) is an inflammatory brain disease targeting either small (angiography-negative) or medium-large (angiography-positive) central nervous system vessels. Vascular…Abstract Number: 2763 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Long-Term Outcome of Chronic Progressive Neurological Manifestations in Behcet’s Disease
Background/Purpose: Chronic progressive neurological manifestations in Behcet's disease (BD) is characterized by progressive deterioration leading to disability either with or without a history of previous…Abstract Number: 2659 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Neurofilament H Is Associated with White Matter Lesions in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose Imaging findings in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are diverse; and diffuse or regional atrophy and white matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been described in…Abstract Number: 2649 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
“Point of Care” Neurocognitive Testing for Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (NPSLE)
Background/Purpose There is currently no standardized tool to assess for NPSLE, and comprehensive neuropsychological testing can be lengthy and expensive. The Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric…
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