Abstracts tagged "Cohort Study"

Abstract Number: 0598 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardio-metabolic Effects of Apremilast in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study
Eva van Geel¹, Romy Hansildaar², Fatih Çoban¹, Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Maaike Heslinga¹, Reinhard Bos³, Mies Korteweg¹, Arno Van Kuijk¹ and Michael Nurmohamed⁴, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁴Reade and Amsterdam UMC, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Studies have suggested that treatment with apremilast is associated with weight loss and other…
Abstract Number: 1107 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigating Pyrexia of Unknown Origin: A Rheumatologist’s Perspective
Carine Moezinia¹, Jan Nouza², Beatrice Hornstein-Lasry², Luai Kawar², Asim Khan² and Jessica Manson², ¹University College London Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom, ²University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO) is defined as a fever above 38.3°C recorded on several occasions, that evades diagnosis for at least 3 weeks.…
Abstract Number: 1354 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Association of Genetic Variation in PTPN22 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Thomas Riley¹, Austin Wheeler², Bryant England², grant Cannon³, Sauer brian⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Katherine Wysham⁶, Beth Wallace⁷, Rachel Elam⁸, Paul Monach⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Gail Kerr¹¹, Isaac Smith¹², John Richards¹³, Iris Lee¹⁴, Rui Xiao¹⁵, Scott Damrauer¹⁵, Michael George¹⁵, Ted Mikuls² and Joshua Baker¹⁵, ¹Hopsital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁷Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Augusta University, Evans, GA, ⁹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹³Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ¹⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: PTPN22 R620W is a common genetic variation that is a known risk factor for the development of autoimmune disease, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This…
Abstract Number: 1592 • ACR Convergence 2024
Overlapping Forms of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Presentation, Management and Outcomes
Federica Pallotti¹, Camille Mettler², Roberto Padoan³, Francesca Regola⁴, Franco Franceschini⁵, Sergey Moiseev⁶, Pavel Novikov⁷, Mario Andrea Piga⁸, Gianluca Moroncini⁹, Silke Brix¹⁰, Abdul Hadi Kafagi¹¹, Samuel Deshayes¹², Achille Aouba¹², Julien Campagne¹³, Paolo Delvino¹⁴, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert¹⁵, Luisa Brussino¹⁶, Martin Michaud¹⁷, Nils Venhoff¹⁸, Federico Alberici¹⁹, Claudia Iannone²⁰, Sophie Rosenstingl²¹, Marin Moutel²², Jean-Marc Galempoix²³, Vincent Cottin²⁴, Clara Jaccard²⁵, Diane Riehl²⁶, Paul Legendre²⁷, Anne-Claire Billet²⁸, Paola Parronchi²⁹, Luca Quartuccio³⁰, Vítor Silvestre Teixeira³¹, Allyson Egan³², David Jayne³², Enrico Tombetti³³, Marco Caminati³⁴, Christian Pagnoux³⁵, Alexis Régent³⁶, Marc Ruivard³⁷, Loïc Guillevin³⁸, Xavier Puéchal³⁶ and Benjamin Terrier³⁹, and the French Vasculities Study Group and European EGPA Study Group, ¹Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France, ²Département de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence National pour les maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ³Department of Medicine DIMED, Division of Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ⁴Unit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁵Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ⁶Tareev Clinic of Internal Diseases, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, ⁸Postgraduate School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ⁹Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University & Department of Internal Medicine, Marche University Hospital, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁰Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹¹Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹²Service d'immunologie clinique-médecine interne, CHU de Caen Normandie, Caen, France, ¹³Hôpital Robert Schuman - Competence center for autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine, Metz, France, ¹⁴University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁵University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ¹⁶SSDDU Immunologia Clinica ed Allergologia, AO Mauriziano, Turin, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Clinique Saint-Exupery, Toulouse, France., Toulouse, France, ¹⁸Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁹Nephrology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, University of Milan, and Rheumatology Department, ASST Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ²¹Service Médecine Interne, Centre hospitalier intercommunal Compiègne Noyon, Compiègne Noyon, France, ²²Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Immunology, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France, ²³J.M. Galempoix, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Nord Ardennes Hospital, Charleville-Mézières, France, ²⁴Hôpital Louis Pradel, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France, Lyon, France, ²⁵Gaston Bourret Hospital, Nouméa, New Caledonia, ²⁶Centre hospitalier intercommunal Toulon- La Seyne Sur Mer, Toulon, France, ²⁷Service Médecine Interne et Polyvalente, Centre Hospitaliers Le Mans, Le Mans, France, ²⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Édouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ²⁹University of Florence, Florence, Florence, Italy, ³⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ³¹Department of Rheumatology, Faro Hospital, Algarve, Portugal, ³²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³³Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Sacco and Fatebenefratelli Hospitals, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ³⁴Department of Medicine, Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ³⁵Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁶National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ³⁷Internal Medicine Department, Estaing University Hospital, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermonnt-Ferrand, Italy, ³⁸National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³⁹Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) include granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Although these entities are often easily distinguished in…
Abstract Number: 2137 • ACR Convergence 2024
Fractures Post Lung Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted at an International Transplant Center
Annmarie Miranda¹, Adil Vural², Chao Zhang³, Jennifer Varley⁴, Walaa Abu Alya⁵, Komal Mushtaq⁶, Marie Budev¹, Abby Abelson¹, Chad Deal⁷ and Sarah Keller¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Avon, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH, ⁴Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Beachwood, OH, ⁵An-najah National University., Westlake, OH, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Park, OH, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Shaker Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: The incidence of fractures due to osteoporosis (OP) is increased in patients with end-stage lung disease and fractures are a well-known complication of lung…
Abstract Number: 2359 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Real-World Study on the Clinical Characteristics and Patient Reported Outcomes of Patients with Active AxSpA Prescribed CT-P13 SC in Five European Countries
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Ye Eun Lee², Soyeon Park², Young Nam Lee², Megan Hughes³, Molly Edwards³, Emily Quiñones⁴ and Raj Sengupta⁵, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Celltrion, Inc., Incheon, Republic of Korea, ³Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, ⁴Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ⁵Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: CT-P13 SC, a new formulation of infliximab administered subcutaneously, has been approved by European Medicine Agency for the treatment of radiographic axial spondylarthritis (axSpA)…
Abstract Number: 0345 • ACR Convergence 2024
Treatment Patterns and Glucocorticoid Burden of Dermatomyositis Patients: A Cohort Study in the University of Pittsburgh’s Myositis Registry
Chester Oddis¹, Jan Feifel², Dana Ascherman³, Diane Carol Koontz⁴, Caroline Foch², Luisa Henkel⁵, Jeffrey M. Muir⁶, Deborah Denis⁷ and Rohit Aggarwal⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Merck Healthcare Germany GmbH, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Weiterstadt, Germany, ⁶Cytel, Inc., Toronto, Canada, ⁷EMD Serono, Rockland, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) in high doses remain the first-line treatment for dermatomyositis (DM). One or more immunosuppressive agents are given concomitantly as steroid-sparing agents to…
Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bridging the Gap Between Patient’s Perception on Quality of Life and Disease Activity and Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematous Patient
Background/Purpose: Improving quality of life (QoL) is one of the key targets when treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. The Lupus impact Tracker (LIT) is…
Abstract Number: 1115 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatic Disease Patients: Assessment of Hydroxychloroquine’s Effects on QTc Intervals with Weight Based Dosing (RAISE-QT) Study
Joseph Azzam¹, Johny Fares¹, nithin Pusapati¹, Swamy Venuturupalli² and Daniel Wallace³, ¹Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, ²Attune Health, Beverly Hills, CA, ³Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA
Background/Purpose: The primary objective was to investigate subjects with rheumatic disease (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Sjogrens disease (SjD), and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)) who initiated HCQ…
Abstract Number: 1355 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genetically-determined Variation in C-reactive Protein Impacts Disease Activity Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thomas Riley¹, Austin Wheeler², grant Cannon³, Sauer brian⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Katherine Wysham⁶, Bryant England², Kristin Wipfler⁷, Kaleb Michaud², Beth Wallace⁸, Rachel Elam⁹, Paul Monach¹⁰, Andreas Reimold¹¹, Gail Kerr¹², Isaac Smith¹³, John Richards¹⁴, Iris Lee¹⁵, Michael March¹⁶, Scott Damrauer¹⁷, Anurag Verma¹⁷, Michael George¹⁷, Ted Mikuls² and Joshua Baker¹⁷, ¹Hopsital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁷FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ⁸Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Augusta University, Evans, GA, ¹⁰VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹¹Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹²Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹³Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹⁴Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁵Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ¹⁶Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ¹⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: C-reactive protein (CRP) is often used as a biomarker for disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated whether rs1205, a common…
Abstract Number: 1606 • ACR Convergence 2024
Demographic and Treatment Patterns in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of US Claims and Clinical Data
Paul Dolin¹, Anat Shavit¹, Karina A. Keogh², Jennifer Rowell³, Chris Edmonds⁴, James M. Eudicone⁵, Amanda M. Moore⁶, Melissa Wilson⁷, Kinwei A. Chan⁶, Thomas Peer⁸ and Stephanie Y. Chen⁹, ¹BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic,, Rochester, MN, ³Market Access and Pricing, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, ⁴Market Access and Pricing, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵Real World Science and Analytics, BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ⁶TriNetX, Cambridge, MA, ⁷TriNetX, Durham, NC, ⁸TriNetX, Farmington, NY, ⁹BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare inflammatory disorder characterized by chronic necrotizing vasculitis. Conventional therapy (oral glucocorticoids [OGC] ± immunosuppressants), mepolizumab, and…
Abstract Number: 2169 • ACR Convergence 2024
Different Trajectories of Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients with RA in a Stable Phase of Disease – an Observational Study
Paul Studenic¹, Nadine Schwab², Günther Zauner², Thi Lan Vi Tran³ and Helga Lechner-Radner⁴, ¹Medical University Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ²dwh GmbH, simulation services, Vienna, Austria & Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, ³Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Medical University Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we often see a disconnect between patient and evaluator perceived disease activity. In this study we aim to…
Abstract Number: 2372 • ACR Convergence 2024
Incidence and Predictors of Recurrent Pericarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Yoo Jin Kim¹, Jana Lovell¹, Alaa Diab¹, Laurence Magder², Daniel Goldman³, Michelle Petri³, Luigi Adamo¹ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Pericarditis is the most common cardiac manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In the general population, pericarditis commonly recurs (~30%), likely due to immune-mediated…
Abstract Number: 0360 • ACR Convergence 2024
What Happens in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Adherence, Two Years After the Introduction of Targeted Therapy? Results from the STRATEGE2 Study
Cécile Gaujoux-Viala¹, Emmanuelle Dernis², Eric Senbel³ and René-Marc Flipo⁴, ¹CHU Nîmes, Nïmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, ²CH LE MANS, LE MANS, Pays de la Loire, France, ³Cabinet de Rhumatologie, Marseille, France, ⁴Hôpital Roger Salengro, France, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Treatment adherence is a major challenge in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with adherence rates ranging from 30 to 80%. Given…
Abstract Number: 0639 • ACR Convergence 2024
Delayed Diagnosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Romina Nieto¹, Lucia Hernandez², Nidia Noemí Merás³, Bordón Florencia Juliana⁴, Cintia Otaduy⁵, Lucila Garcia⁶, Rosa Serrano Morales⁷, Nicolás Pérez⁸, Micaela A. Cosatti⁹, Ana Carolina Montandon¹⁰, Gustavo Flores Chapacais¹¹, Laissa C. Alves Alvino¹², Emily Figuereido Neves¹³, Eloisa Bonfa¹⁴, Alexis Bondi Peralta¹⁵, Loreto Massardo¹⁶, Andrés Cadena Bonfanti¹⁷, Andrés Hormaza¹⁸, José Martínez¹⁹, Olga Lidia Vera Lastra²⁰, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo²¹, ⁠Yaneli Juárez-Vicuña²², Diana Fernandez²³, Patricia Langjarth²⁴, Maria Teresa Martinez de Filartiga²⁵, Manuel Ugarte-Gil²⁶, Carlos Alejandro Loayza Flores²⁷, Teresandris Polanco²⁸, Maria Belen Lecumberri²⁹, Álvaro Danza³⁰, Carlos Enrique Toro-Gutierrez³¹, Urbano Sbarigia³², Ashley Orillion³³, Federico Zazzetti³⁴, Graciela Alarcon³⁵, Bernardo Pons-Estel² and Guillermo Pons-Estel³⁶, and Grupo Latino Americano de Estudio del Lupus (GLADEL), ¹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas. GO-CREAR, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, ²Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina, ³Hospital Italiano de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología del HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina, ⁷Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas del Grupo Oroao., Rosario, Argentina, ⁸Instituto de Investigaciones Médicos Alfredo Lanari, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹CEMIC Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas ''Norberto Quirno'' CABA, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital das Clinicas, Universidad Federal de Goias, Goias, Brazil, ¹¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹²Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹³Hospital da Clinicas de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ¹⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ¹⁵Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile, ¹⁶Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina CEBICEM, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile, ¹⁷Universidad Simon Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia, ¹⁸Fundación Valle del Lili, Unidad de Reumatología, Cali, Colombia, ¹⁹Rheumatology Service, Luís Vernaza Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ²⁰División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, CMN La Raza, CDMX, Mexico, ²¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Mexico, ²²Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Inmunología, Investigador en Ciencias Médicas C, Mexico City, Mexico, ²³Member of GLADEL, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁴Hospital de Clínicas I, Asunción, Paraguay, ²⁵Dpto de Reumatología Hospital de Clínicas. Facultad de Ciencias medicas.Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asuncion del Paraguay, Paraguay, ²⁶Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas. Universidad Científica del Sur. Lima. Perú Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen-EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ²⁷Hospital Cayetano Heredia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ²⁸Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominica, ²⁹Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ³⁰Médica Uruguaya Corporación de Asistencia Médica (MUCAM). Clínica Médica - Facultad de Medicina - UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay, ³¹Reference Center for Osteoporosis & Rheumatology, Cali, Colombia, ³²Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, ³³Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Spring House, PA, PA, ³⁴Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, ³⁵The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ³⁶Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Diagnosis is often delayed because it frequently mimics symptoms of other diseases;…

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