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Abstract Number: 1851 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Function Trajectories in Children with Juvenile Myositis
Kaveh Ardalan¹, Elizabeth L. Gray², Julia (Jungwha) Lee², Madison L. Wolfe³, Gabrielle A. Morgan⁴ and Lauren M. Pachman⁵, ¹Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, ⁴Cure JM Program of Excellence in Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Cure JM Program of Excellence in Juvenile Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile myositis (JM) is an inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness, skin rashes, and significant deconditioning. Little is known about long-term resolution of physical…
Abstract Number: 2163 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Incidence of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Korea:a Nationwide Population-Based Study over 10 Years
Yoon-Kyoung Sung¹, Hyoungyoung Kim², Jisun Myung³, Eunwoo Nam³, Sun-Young Jung⁴, Eun Jin Jang⁵, Dae-Hyun Yoo⁶ and Soo-Kyung Cho², ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Biostatistical Consulting and Research Lab, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Information Statistics, Andong National University, Andong-si, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Prevalence and Incidence of idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Korea: a Nationwide Population-based Study over 10 yearsYoon-Kyoung Sung1, Hyoungyoung Kim1, Jisun Myung2, Eunwoo Nam2, Sun-young Jung3,…
Abstract Number: 2287 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interim Results of an Open-Label Study Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Gel for Treatment of Refractory Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis
Anthony Fernandez, Dermatology and Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous dermatomyositis (DM) is often refractory to multiple medications, suggesting better treatments are needed. Adrenocorticotropic hormone gel is a repository corticotropin injection that is…
Abstract Number: 2291 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Course of the Disease in Anti-Mi2 Patients: More Intense Muscle Weakness, Good Response to Treatment and Progressive Reduction of Autoantibody Titers
Iago Pinal-Fernandez^1,2, Katherine Pak³, Maria Casal-Dominguez^4,5, Wilson Huang⁴, Jemima Albayda⁶, Eleni Tiniakou⁷, Julie J. Paik¹, Christopher A. Mecoli⁸, Sonye K. Danoff⁹, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁹ and Andrew Mammen^3,10, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Muscle Diseases Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Center Tower Ste 5300, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies targeting the Mi-2 (Mi-2a and Mi-2b) nuclear antigen in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) were first described in 1985. However, little is known about…
Abstract Number: 1732 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Characteristic T-Cell Receptor-Mediated Signaling of Peripheral Blood T Cells in Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Yasuhiro Shimojima¹, Dai Kishida² and Yoshiki Sekijima², ¹Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan, ²Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: In dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM), the characteristics of T cell expression in peripheral blood have been previously described; especially, decreased expression of interferon-γ…
Abstract Number: 2613 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antimalarial Drug Toxicities in Rheumatic Skin Disease Patients
Lavanya Mittal¹, Lingqiao Zhang², Rui Feng² and Victoria Werth¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Although existing evidence demonstrates the efficacy of antimalarials for rheumatic skin disease, the safety of these medications, and particularly quinacrine, remain debated. Quinacrine may…
Abstract Number: 1801 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantifying Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated with Chronic Corticosteroid Exposure in a US Population
J. Bradford Rice¹, Alan White¹, Andrea Lopez¹, Aneesha Wagh¹, Yimin Qin², Ghaith Mitri², Laura Bartels-Peculis², Gosia Ciepielewska² and Winnie Nelson³, ¹Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, ²Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Hampton, NJ, ³Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Hampton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids (CS) are commonly used for rheumatologic conditions, and known to cause systemic adverse events (AEs), particularly when used at high doses for prolonged…
Abstract Number: 2130 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Joint Manifestations in Patients Diagnosed with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Multicenter Registry on Inflammatory Myositis from the Rheumatology Society in Madrid, Spain
Larissa Valor¹, Diana Hernández-Flórez², Julia Martínez-Barrio³, Beatriz E. Joven⁴, Laura Nuño⁵, Carmen Larena⁶, Irene Llorente⁷, Carmen Barbadillo⁸, Paloma Garcia De La Peña⁹, Lucía Ruíz Gutiérrez¹⁰, Henry Moruno Cruz¹¹, Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez¹², Raquel Almodóvar González¹³, Leticia Lojo¹⁴, MARIA JESUS GARCIA DE YEBENES Y PROUS¹⁵ and Francisco Javier López Longo¹⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³Servicio de Reumatologia, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Servicio de Reumatologia, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, H.U. La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumathology Unit, University Children's Hospital Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases, Rheumatology department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain, Spain, ¹⁵Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) comprise a heterogeneous group of autoimmune conditions characterized by muscle non-suppurative inflammation, progressive muscle weakness and a variety of extra-muscular…
Abstract Number: 2132 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Angiogenesis and VEGF-Expressing Cells Are Identified Predominantly in the Fascia Rather Than the Muscle in the Early Phase of Dermatomyositis
Ken Yoshida^1,2, Haruyasu Ito¹, Kazuhiro Furuya¹, Taro Ukichi¹, Kentaro Noda¹ and Daitaro Kurosaka¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: We previously showed that fasciitis is a frequent manifestation of the disease in dermatomyositis (DM) but not in polymyositis (PM) and that DM-associated fasciitis…
Abstract Number: 2140 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infections and Medications Associated with Onset of Myositis in Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry
Lisa G Rider¹, Payam Noroozi Farhadi¹, Nastaran Bayat¹, Jesse Wilkerson², Abdullah Faiq¹, John McGrath², Hermine I. Brunner³, Bob Goldberg⁴ and Frederick W Miller¹, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC, ³Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴The Myositis Association, Alexandria, VA
Background/Purpose: Myositis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease with suspected environmental and genetic risk factors, but little is known about specific infections and medications that…
Abstract Number: 2141 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Nailfold Video Capillaroscopy Parameters Correlate with Dermatomyositis Activity and Damage
Hans Prakash¹, Diego Song¹, Daniel Lichy¹, Pranay Rao², Mina Jain³, Joseph Shrader³, Frederick W Miller⁴, Adam Schiffenbauer⁵, Alexander Gorbach¹ and Lisa G Rider⁵, ¹National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, bethesda, MD, ³Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Environmental Autoimmunity Grp, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: To assess microvascular structure and function in patients with adult dermatomyositis (DM) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), we have designed and built a mobile, high-resolution…
Abstract Number: 2147 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dysphagia in Inflammatory Myositis: A Study of the Structural and Physiologic Changes Resulting in Disordered Swallowing
Alba Azola¹, Tae Chung², Rachel Mulheren², Genevieve Mckeon², Lisa Christopher-Stine³ and Jeffrey Palmer², ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Lutherville, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of dysphagia in patients with inflammatory myopathies has been reported to be as high as 60% (1). Aspiration pneumonia is one of…
Abstract Number: 2151 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Predictive Risk Factors for Opportunistic Infection during Treatment for Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Yumiko Sugiyama^1,2, Ryusuke Yoshimi^1,2, Maasa Tamura^2,3, Naoki Hamada^1,2, Hideto Nagai^1,2, Naomi Tsuchida^1,4, Yosuke Kunishita^1,2, Yutaro Soejima^1,2, Daiga Kishimoto^1,2, Reikou Kamiyama^1,2, Kaoru Minegishi^1,5, Yohei Kirino^1,2, Shigeru Ohno^1,6 and Hideaki Nakajima², ¹Y-CURD Study Group, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ³Y-CURD Study Group, Yokohma, Japan, ⁴Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Rheumatic Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Center for Rheumatic Disease, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Although concomitant infectious diseases are the predominant causes of death in patients with polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD), intensive immunosuppressive treatment are…
Abstract Number: 2158 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DRB1*04:03/*04:06 As the Genetic Susceptibility to Dermatomyositis Positive for Anti-Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1-γ Antibody in Japanese Population
Yukie Yamaguchi¹, Masataka Kuwana², Miwa Kanaoka¹, Tomoya Watanabe¹, Naoko Okiyama³, Takahisa Gono², Masanari Kodera⁴, Takeshi Kambara⁵, Yasuhito Hamaguchi⁶, Mariko Seishima⁷, Kazuhiko Takehara⁶, Manabu Fujimoto³ and Michiko Aihara¹, ¹Department of Environmental Immuno-Dermatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ⁵Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, ⁷Department of Dermatology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is characterized by inflammation of the skin and skeletal muscle, and is occasionally complicated by interstitial lung disease or concomitant malignancy. It…
Abstract Number: 2159 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dermatomyositis Acute Onset/Flares Following Ingestion of Isalean® Herbal Supplement: Clinical and Immunostimulatory Findings
Majid Zeidi^1,2, Peter B Chansky^1,2 and Victoria P Werth^3,4, ¹Department of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, PHILADELPHIA, PA, ²Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania and the VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose : The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has gained popularity in the United States over the last few decades. Herbal supplements have…

Abstracts tagged "dermatomyositis"

Physical Function Trajectories in Children with Juvenile Myositis

Prevalence and Incidence of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Korea:a Nationwide Population-Based Study over 10 Years

Interim Results of an Open-Label Study Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Gel for Treatment of Refractory Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis

Longitudinal Course of the Disease in Anti-Mi2 Patients: More Intense Muscle Weakness, Good Response to Treatment and Progressive Reduction of Autoantibody Titers

The Characteristic T-Cell Receptor-Mediated Signaling of Peripheral Blood T Cells in Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis

Antimalarial Drug Toxicities in Rheumatic Skin Disease Patients

Quantifying Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated with Chronic Corticosteroid Exposure in a US Population

Joint Manifestations in Patients Diagnosed with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Multicenter Registry on Inflammatory Myositis from the Rheumatology Society in Madrid, Spain

Angiogenesis and VEGF-Expressing Cells Are Identified Predominantly in the Fascia Rather Than the Muscle in the Early Phase of Dermatomyositis

Infections and Medications Associated with Onset of Myositis in Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry

Quantitative Nailfold Video Capillaroscopy Parameters Correlate with Dermatomyositis Activity and Damage

Dysphagia in Inflammatory Myositis: A Study of the Structural and Physiologic Changes Resulting in Disordered Swallowing

The Predictive Risk Factors for Opportunistic Infection during Treatment for Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

HLA-DRB104:03/04:06 As the Genetic Susceptibility to Dermatomyositis Positive for Anti-Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1-γ Antibody in Japanese Population

Dermatomyositis Acute Onset/Flares Following Ingestion of Isalean® Herbal Supplement: Clinical and Immunostimulatory Findings