Abstract Number: 2140 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infections and Medications Associated with Onset of Myositis in Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry
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
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
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
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
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
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…Abstract Number: 2164 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognostic Factors in Polymyositis/ Dermatomyositis Patients with Anti-Synthetase Antibodies
Background/Purpose: Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies (Abs), which mainly consists of anti-Jo1, PL-7, PL-12, EJ, OJ and KS, are the most common myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs). It has…Abstract Number: 2165 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Easily Obtainable Myositis Autoantibody Panel Predictive Factors
Background/Purpose: Myositis autoantibodies have diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic implications, but their utility in clinical practice is unclear. We aimed to describe our institutionÕs ordering practices…Abstract Number: 28 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Dyslipidemia in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a multisystem pediatric autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of muscle and skin. Premature atherosclerosis is an important cause of…Abstract Number: 274 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine-Rich Is a Novel Autoantigen of Dermatomyositis and Associated with Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Antibody.
Background/Purpose: Anti- melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody positive dermatomyositis (DM) and clinically amyopathic DM (CADM) often develop rapidly progressive interstitial lung disesase (RP-ILD),…Abstract Number: 2328 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Ferritin Levels, Distribution of Ground Glass Opacities and New Development of Lung Infiltration during Therapy Predict Prognosis of Interstitial Lung Disease in Anti-MDA5 Ab Positive Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Anti-MDA5 Ab positive dermatomyositis (DM) is a unique subset of inflammatory myopathy characterized by non- or mild muscle weakness, skin manifestation such as…Abstract Number: 275 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Vitro Activation of Type I Interferon Pathway Reproduces the Characteristics Damages Observed in Dermatomyositis Patients
Background/Purpose: The type I interferons (IFN-I) including IFN-a, and IFN-b are key cytokines involved in innate immune response to viral infection. Almost all cells can…Abstract Number: 285 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibodies to Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier Activating Enzyme: Frequency and Characteristics of Antibody-Positive Patients in an Unselected Cohort
Background/Purpose: Antibodies to small ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme (SAE) are associated with diagnosis of dermatomyositis (DM). The aims of this study were to establish the…Abstract Number: 286 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Significance and Prognostic Value of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have suggested that neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) could be an emerging predictive marker of disease activity or mortality in patients with…Abstract Number: 1187 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultraviolet Radiation Exposures Are Associated with Dermatomyositis in a National Myositis Registry
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation may be a risk factor for dermatomyositis (DM) and autoantibody phenotypes, based on differences in prevalence…
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