Abstracts tagged "classification criteria"

Abstract Number: 0298 • ACR Convergence 2023
Accuracy of the 2017 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Classification Criteria and Myositis-Specific Autoantibodies-Based Classification Criteria for Classifying Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
Tatiana Cobo¹, Marta Domínguez², Anna Pros³, Jose Luís Tandaipán⁴, Laura Nuño⁵, JULIA MARTINEZ BARRIO⁶, Vega Jovani⁷, Fredeswinda Romero⁸, Maria Esther Ruiz Lucea⁹, Eva Tomero Muriel¹⁰, Ernesto Trallero Araguás¹¹, Javier Narvaez¹², Jordi Camins Fàbregas¹³, ALBERTO MARIANO RUIZ ROMAN¹⁴, Jesus Loarce-Martos¹⁵, Annika Nack¹⁶, Esmeralda Delgado-Frías¹⁷, Francisca Sivera¹⁸, carolina Merino¹⁹, Antonio Juan Mas²⁰, Alejandro Gómez Gómez¹, Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa²¹, Maria Martin-Lopez²², Jesús Alejandro Valero²³, Carmen carrasco-Cubero²⁴, Mercedes Freire González²⁵, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa²⁶, Nuria Lozano Rivas²⁷, Julio David Suarez Cuba²⁸, Ana Isabel Turrión Nieves²⁹, María Ángeles Puche Larrubia³⁰ and Patricia Alcocer Amores³¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain, ²Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ⁸IIS-HU Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁵Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology Department Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain, ²²Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ³¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Limitations of the 2017 EULAR/ACR classification criteria have been suggested for classifying patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs). On this…
Abstract Number: 2423 • ACR Convergence 2023
Concordance Between the 1990 ACR Classification Criteria and the New 2022 ACR/EULAR 2022 Criteria in Giant Cell Arteritis
Julio Sanchez Martin¹, Julia Medina Valle¹, Javier Loricera¹, Maria Fe Garcia Reija¹ and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Classification criteria for vasculitis, including giant cell arteritis (GCA) are under constant revision. In 2022, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism…
Abstract Number: 0356 • ACR Convergence 2023
PRINTO Provisional Enthesitis/Spondylitis-Related JIA Criteria: Performance in Youth Classified as Axial Disease in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis
Pamela F. Weiss¹, Timothy G. Brandon², Amita Aggarwal³, RUBEN BURGOS-VARGAS⁴, Robert Colbert⁵, Gerd Horneff⁶, Rik Joos⁷, Ronald Laxer⁸, Kirsten Minden⁹, Angelo Ravelli¹⁰, Nicolino Ruperto¹¹, Judith Smith¹², Matthew Stoll¹³, Shirley Tse⁸, Filip Van den Bosch¹⁴, Walter P. Maksymowych¹⁵, Robert Lambert¹⁶, David Biko², Nancy A. Chauvin¹⁷, Michael L. Francavilla¹⁸, Jacob Jaremko¹⁵, Nele Herregods¹⁹, Ozgur Kasapcopur²⁰, Mehmet YILDIZ²¹, Hemalatha Srinivasalu²², Ray Naden²³ and Alison Hendry²⁴, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ⁴Hospital General de Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁵NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Bonn, Germany, ⁷Ghent University, Basel, Switzerland, ⁸The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Charité University Medicine and German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹¹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, Genova, Italy, ¹²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ¹³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁵University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁶Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁷The Cleveland Clinic, Hummelstown, PA, ¹⁸University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, ¹⁹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²⁰Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ²¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²²Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ²³Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁴Te Whatu Ora, Counties Manukau District, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: The Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) recently undertook an effort to better harmonize the pediatric and adult arthritis criteria. These provisional criteria are…
Abstract Number: 2480 • ACR Convergence 2023
Definition of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Based on SDAI and CDAI
Victoria Konzett¹, Andreas Kerschbaumer², Josef S Smolen³, Eirik Kristianslund⁴, Sella Provan⁴, Tore Kvien⁵ and Daniel Aletaha⁶, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, ²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Measures of improvement and state of disease activity are well-established in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas distinct classifiers for worsening (“flare”) are lacking to date.…
Abstract Number: 0378 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characteristics of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Systemic JIA Patients Receiving Anakinra as First-line Treatment
Remco Erkens¹, Laura Huber¹, Anouk Verwoerd¹, Greta Rogani¹, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema², Merlijn van den Berg², Wineke Armbrust³, Elizabeth Legger⁴, Sylvia Kamphuis⁵, Ellen Schatorjé⁶, Esther Hoppenreijs⁷, Joost Swart⁸, Marc Jansen¹, Jorg van Loosdregt¹ and Sebastiaan Vastert¹, ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University Medical Hospital Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶University Medical Center Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁷Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁸Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) is a severe inflammatory disease with auto-inflammatory characteristics. The introduction of targeted biologic therapies has revolutionized the treatment and…
Abstract Number: 2491 • ACR Convergence 2023
Alignment Between the Novel 2022 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for ANCA-associated Vasculitis (AAV), Clinical Diagnosis and Organ Manifestations in a European AAV Cohort
Stefan Krämer¹, Thomas Rauen¹, Kristian Vogt¹, Teresa Anslinger¹, Martin Busch², Tobias Schmitt³, Raoul Bergner⁴, Sebastian Mosberger⁴ and Thomas Neumann⁵, ¹RWTH, University Hospital Aachen, Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Aachen, Germany, ²University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller University, Department of Internal Mediciine III, Jena, Germany, ³University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Department of Nephrology, Jena, Germany, ⁴Municipal Hospital Ludwigshafen, Department of Internal Medicine A, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁵Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Department of Rheumatology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: In 2022, ACR and EULAR proposed new classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) based on a numerical item scoring…
Abstract Number: 0543 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sensitivity of the 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology /American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Population-based Cohort; A Study Set in Norway 2000-2015
Hilde Haukeland¹, Sigrid Reppe Moe¹, Cathrine Brunborg², Antonela Botea³, Nenad Damjanic⁴, Gro Wivestad⁵, Heidi Øvreås⁶, Thea Bøe⁷, Torhild Garen¹, Anniken Orre⁸, Helga Sanner⁹, Øyvind Molberg¹⁰ and Karoline Lerang⁹, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ³Betanien Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Skien, Norway, ⁴Ostfold Hospital Trust, Department of Rheumatology,, Grålum, Norway, ⁵Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁶Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Rheumatology, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁷Vestfold Hospital Trust, Department of Internal Medicine, Tønsberg, Norway, ⁸Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Department of Rheumatology, Drammen, Norway, ⁹Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Nydalen, Norway, ¹⁰University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: To diagnose Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), one must understand the phenotype specter and interpret clinical, serological, radiological, and histopathological data, as well as exclude…
Abstract Number: 0711 • ACR Convergence 2023
IgA Vasculitis in a Diverse Adult Patient Population
Michelle Toker¹, Urmi Khanna¹, Roya Nazarian¹, Adhya Mehta², Bibi Ayesha¹, Anand Kumthekar¹ and Benedict Wu¹, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin-A (IgA) Vasculitis (IgAV) is a small-vessel vasculitis that is primarily diagnosed based on the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) criteria. There is limited…
Abstract Number: 1059 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Patients with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Inflammatory Arthritis Using Medicare Claims Data
Anne Bass¹, Fenglong Xie², Alexa Meara³, Deanna Jannat-Khah⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) associated inflammatory arthritis (ICI-IA) has been suggested to occur in approximately 3-6% of ICI-treated patients with cancer1 but most studies…
Abstract Number: 1131 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Phenotypes of IgG4-related Disease in a Multi-ethnic Singapore Cohort
Choon Guan Chua¹, Weida Chew¹, Jeggrey Kay Wee Kam¹, Hwee-Pin Phua¹, Chengzi Chow¹, Carol Yee-Leng Ng¹, Wei-Yen Lim¹, Ru Sin Lim¹, Jereme Yijin Gan¹, Mung-Ee Loh¹, Tianrong Yeo², David Zhiwei Law¹, Stephrene Seok Wei Chan³, Amanda Francesca Ya-Fang Cheang⁴, Yong-Howe Ho¹ and Charles Kien-Fong Vu¹, ¹Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²National Neurology Institute, Singapore, Singapore, ³National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated condition that is heterogenous and can result in organ failure. To understand the disease profile of our local…
Abstract Number: 1136 • ACR Convergence 2023
Challenges in Diagnosing VEXAS Syndrome: Delayed Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, and Associations with Specific Gene Mutations
Paula García Escudero¹, Marta López i Gómez², Marta López Maraver³, PALOMA VELA⁴, María Rodríguez Laguna⁵, carolina Merino⁶, Ana Victoria Orenes Vera⁷, Clara García Belando⁸, Diego Dios Santos⁹, Jose Alberto Miranda Filloy¹⁰, Francisco Javier Toyos Sáenz de Miera¹¹, Alicia Garcia Dorta¹², Ignacio Vázquez¹³, José Ángel Hernández Beriain¹⁴, MARIA ELVIRA DIEZ ALVAREZ¹⁵, Marta Ibáñez Martínez¹⁶, Beatriz Frade Sosa¹⁷, Judit Font Urgelles¹⁸, Meritxell Salles Lizarzaburu¹⁹, Elena Riera Alonso²⁰, Ernesto Trallero Araguás²¹, Berta Magallanes López²², Joaquín Belzunegui Otano²³, Carlos de Miguel Sánchez²⁴, Zuriñe Ortiz de Zárate Caballero²⁵ and Jaime Calvo Alén²⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Araba, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Araba, Pamplona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ⁵H. Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ⁷H. Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Los Arcos del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰C. H. U. Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹³H. U. Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁶C. A. U. de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Germans Trías i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹C. H. de Manresa - Fundació Althaia, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Mútua Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Donosti, Donosti, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de Araba, Hematology, VItoria, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario de Araba, Internal Medicine, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain
Background/Purpose: The newly described VEXAS syndrome is a very heterogenous disease with rheumatologic and hematologic manifestations, caused by somatic mutations affecting UBA1 gene, that still…
Abstract Number: 1175 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inclusion of All Myositis Specific Autoantibodies or Other Rashes Leads to Better Sensitivity but Lower Specificity of 2017 EULAR/ACR Myositis Classification Criteria for Dermatomyositis
Yusra Hasan¹, Katharine Ching Chung², Dana Ascherman³, Siamak Moghadam-Kia⁴, Chester V. Oddis³ and Rohit Aggarwal³, ¹CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Mckeesport, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM), collectively known as myositis, are heterogeneous disorders characterized by muscle weakness and muscle inflammation. ACR/EULAR classification criterion for IIM was…
Abstract Number: 1228 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of the PEDiatric Behçet’s Disease Classification Criteria (PEDBD): An International Consensus-based Approach
Caterina Matucci-Cerinic¹, helene Palluy², Sulaiman Al-Mayouf³, Paul Brogan⁴, Luca Cantarini⁵, Ahmet Gul⁶, Ozgur Kasapcopur⁷, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner⁸, Seza Ozen⁹, david saadoun¹⁰, Farhad Shahram¹¹, Francesca Bovis¹², Eugenia mosci¹³, Nicolino Ruperto¹⁴, Marco Gattorno¹⁵ and Isabelle Kone-Paut¹⁶, ¹DINOGMI, University of Genoa; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Rheumatology and autoinflammatory diseases, Genova, Italy, ²Pediatric rheumatology and CEREMAIA, Bicêtre hospital, APHP, University of Paris Saclay, Paris, France, ³King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁶Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁸med.uni-tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany, ⁹Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁰Sorbonne Universités, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Inflammatoires et de l’Amylose inflammatoire, F-75013, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière., Neuilly sur Seine, France, ¹¹Rheumatology Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ¹²Dept of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ¹³UOC Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, Genova, Italy, ¹⁵UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁶Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Reference Centre for Autoinflammatory Disorders CEREMAIA, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, University of Paris Saclay, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by a variable vessel vasculitis. In the past, several criteria have been created for adult BD…
Abstract Number: 1545 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of the 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Liubov Petelytska, Vladyslav Kravchenko and Oleg Iaremenko, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Background/Purpose: The early diagnosis of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and treatment initiation may prevent progression to end organ damage, particularly renal disease. Based on the Vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 044 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Validation of Newly Proposed Classification Criteria for Pediatric Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis: A Virginia Cohort
Kelley Lee¹, Ashley Kim² and Aarat Patel³, ¹University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, ²University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Bon Secours Mercy Health / University of Virginia, GLEN ALLEN, VA
Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an aseptic autoinflammatory bone disease of unknown etiology. This diagnosis can be delayed due to the non-specific nature of…

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