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Abstract Number: 2229 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Often Are Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Patients Truly Amyopathic?
Edward J. Oberle^1,2, Michelle Bayer^3,4, Dominic O. Co^4,5 and Yvonne Chiu^4,5, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁵Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a chronic inflammatory disorder primarily involving the skin and striated muscle. Classic JDM presents with rash, proximal muscle weakness, and…
Abstract Number: 1272 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myositis-Specific and Myositis Associated Autoantibodies in Indian Patients with Inflammatory Myositis
Puja Srivastava, Ramnath Misra, Able Lawrence, Amita Aggarwal and Vikas Agarwal, Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose Recently, idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) has been categorised into distinct subsets based on myositis specific autoantibodies (MSA) and myositis associated autoantibodies (MAA). However, there is…
Abstract Number: 1266 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-MDA5 Is Associated with Rapidly-Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease and Poor Survival in U.S. Patients with Amyopathic and Myopathic Dermatomyositis
Siamak Moghadam-Kia¹, Chester V. Oddis², Shinji Sato³, Masataka Kuwana⁴ and Rohit Aggarwal¹, ¹Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Rheum/Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose : Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) is a subset of dermatomyositis (DM) presenting with the characteristic rash(es) of DM without objective muscle weakness. Asian studies…
Abstract Number: 912 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Consensus Hybrid Definition Using a Conjoint Analysis Is the Proposed As Response Criteria for Minimal and Moderate Improvement for Adult Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Clincal Trials
Rohit Aggarwal¹, Lisa G. Rider², Nicolino Ruperto³, Nastaran Bayat², Brian Erman⁴, Brian M. Feldman⁵, Adam M. Huber⁶, Chester V. Oddis⁷, Ingrid E. Lundberg⁸, Anthony A. Amato, MD^9,10, Robert G. Cooper, MD, FRCP¹¹, Hector Chinoy¹², Maryam Dastmalchi¹³, David Fiorentino¹⁴, David Isenberg¹⁵, James D. Katz¹⁶, Andrew L. Mammen¹⁷, Marianne de Visser¹⁸, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁹, Katalin Danko²⁰, Luca Villa²¹, Mariangela Rinaldi²¹, Howard Rockette²², Peter A. Lachenbruch², Frederick W. Miller² and Jiri Vencovsky, MD, DSc²³, ¹Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Pediatria II,, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC, ⁵Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁷Rheum/Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹MRC/ARUK Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁴Dermatology, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, ¹⁵Centre for Rheumatology Research, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Neurology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁸Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁹Rheumatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²⁰Institute of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Hungary, Debrecen, Hungary, ²¹Pediatria II, Reumatologia, PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ²²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²³Institute of Rheumatology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: To develop consensus on definitions of improvement (DOIs) for minimal and moderate improvement (and draft preliminary criteria for major improvement) in adult dermatomyositis (DM)…
Abstract Number: 1277 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Pilot Study Of Young Adults With Juvenile Dermatomyositis With Decreased Nailfold Capillary End Row Loops: Brachial Artery Reactivity and Oxidized Lipids
Lauren M. Pachman^1,2, Maureen A. McMahon³, Tamar Polonsky⁴, Gabrielle A. Morgan¹, Maria Amoruso⁵ and Chiang-Ching Huang⁶, ¹Cure JM Myositis Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Division of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cardiology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Cure JM Myositis Center, Chicago, IL, ⁶Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Our center previously reported increased carotid intima media thickness, and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels in young or middle-age adults with a history of…
Abstract Number: 1271 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Disease Trajectory Of Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Lily Siok Hoon Lim^1,2, Eleanor Pullenayegum³, Dafna D. Gladman⁴, Earl D. Silverman⁵ and Brian M. Feldman⁶, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: 1) To determine the longitudinal disease activity trajectory of an inception cohort of Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) patients, 2) To identify predictor(s) for longitudinal disease…
Abstract Number: 853 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Capillaroscopy Compared With Color Doppler Ultrasound Of Digital Arteries For Distinguishing Primary From Secondary Raynaud’s Phenomenon
Wolfgang A. Schmidt¹, Katharina Pagel², Bernd Schicke³ and Andreas Krause⁴, ¹Med Ctr Rheumatology Berlin Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Ctr Rheumatol Berlin Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Tumorzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is commonly seen in rheumatology practice. Differentiating primary from secondary RP is important for disease management and prognosis. How does capillaroscopy…
Abstract Number: 222 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison Of Whole Body Versus Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Assessing Disease Activity and Damage In Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Adam Schiffenbauer¹, Evrim Turkbey², Lisa G. Rider¹, Suvimol Hill², Irene Z. Whitt³, Songtao Liu², David A. Bluemke² and Frederick W. Miller¹, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: In the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) MRI imaging is traditionally focused on the proximal upper or lower extremities. Whole body MRI (WBMRI) is a…
Abstract Number: 228 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Composition and Structure Of Calcifications In Juvenile Dermatomyositis Differs From Calcified Aortic Valves Removed From Adults Without JDM
Lauren M. Pachman^1,2, Gabrielle A. Morgan¹, Patrick M. McCarthy³, Anna Huskin³, S. Chris Malaisrie³, Lyudmila Spevak⁴, Stephen Doty⁴ and Adele Boskey⁴, ¹Cure JM Myositis Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Chicago, IL, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a systemic vasculopathy, primarily involving the micro vasculature. Soft tissue calcification occurs in 15-30% of cases, and is associated with…
Abstract Number: 2083 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Environmental Factors Associated With Disease Flare In Juvenile and Adult Dermatomyositis
Gulnara Mamyrova¹, Lisa G. Rider², Olcay Jones³, Alison Ehrlich⁴, Lauren M. Pachman⁵, Robert Nickeson⁶, Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber⁷, Frederick W. Miller², Lawrence K. Jung⁸ and James D. Katz¹, ¹Rheumatology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, ²Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Dermatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁵Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Pediatrics, All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, FL, ⁷Dept of Med/Rheum Div, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: To assess environmental factors in relationship to increased disease activity (flare) in juvenile and adult dermatomyositis (DM). Methods: An online survey was conducted for…
Abstract Number: 1981 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Developing International Consensus Definitions Of Improvement For Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Saad Feroz¹, Nicolino. Ruperto², Jiri Vencovsky³, Peter A. Lachenbruch¹, Brian Erman⁴, Adam Huber⁵, Brian M. Feldman⁶, Ingrid E. Lundberg⁷, Angela Pistorio⁸, Howard Rockette⁹, Frederick W. Miller¹, Rohit Aggarwal¹⁰, Lisa G. Rider¹, for The ACR-EULAR Myositis Response Criteria Project Group¹¹, Angelo Ravelli¹², Clarissa Pilkington¹³ and Sheila K. Oliveira¹⁴, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²PRINTO, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴SRA International, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁵IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁰Medicine / Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Instituto de Pediatria e Puericultura Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Background/Purpose: IMACS and PRINTO have developed preliminary core set activity measures and definitions of improvement (DOIs). However, these were developed from small and partially retrospective…
Abstract Number: 1955 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is the Pattern of Capillary Deposition of Complement Membrane Attack COPMLEX Useful in the Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory?
Patrick Gordon¹, Nuria Villagra², Istvan Bodi², Andrew King², Stefan Buk², Tibor Hortobagyi² and Safa Al-Sarraj², ¹Department of Rheumatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Clinical Neuropathology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases. We investigated if the location and pattern of deposition of complement membrane attack complex (MAC) can…
Abstract Number: 1937 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DRB1*0101/*0405 Is Associated with Susceptibility to Anti-MDA5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis in the Japanese Population
Takahisa Gono¹, Yasushi Kawaguchi¹, Masataka Kuwana², Tomoko Sugiura¹, Takefumi Furuya¹, Kae Takagi¹, Hisae Ichida¹, Yasuhiro Katsumata¹, Masanori Hanaoka¹, Yuko Okamoto¹, Yuko Ota¹, Sayuri Kataoka¹ and Hisashi Yamanaka¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The complication of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with the anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibody (ARS ab) or the anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody…
Abstract Number: 1037 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment of Inflammatory Myopathy: Quantitative Fat-Corrected Muscle T2 and Conventional T2 Measurement Versus Standard MRI and Clinical Metrics
Lawrence Yao¹, Adrienne L. Yip², Sepehr Mesdaghinia², Ashkan Shademan², Joseph A. Shrader³, Anna V. Jansen⁴, Frederick W. Miller⁴ and Lisa G. Rider⁴, ¹Diagnostic Radiology, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ²NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Active muscle disease in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is characterized by prolonged muscle T2 relaxation on MRI. We examined the utility of…
Abstract Number: 1041 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging – A New Diagnostic Tool in the Assessment of Activity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Patients?
Tania Monteiro de Castro¹, Henrique Lederman¹, Maria Teresa Terreri², Wanda I. Caldana¹, Edmar Zanoteli³ and Maria Odete Hilario¹, ¹Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal de São Paulo/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare autoimmune disorder, but remains the most commonly chronic inflammatory myopathy among children. A redefinition of the diagnostic criteria…

Abstracts tagged "dermatomyositis"

How Often Are Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Patients Truly Amyopathic?

Myositis-Specific and Myositis Associated Autoantibodies in Indian Patients with Inflammatory Myositis

Anti-MDA5 Is Associated with Rapidly-Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease and Poor Survival in U.S. Patients with Amyopathic and Myopathic Dermatomyositis

A Consensus Hybrid Definition Using a Conjoint Analysis Is the Proposed As Response Criteria for Minimal and Moderate Improvement for Adult Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Clincal Trials

A Pilot Study Of Young Adults With Juvenile Dermatomyositis With Decreased Nailfold Capillary End Row Loops: Brachial Artery Reactivity and Oxidized Lipids

Longitudinal Disease Trajectory Of Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Capillaroscopy Compared With Color Doppler Ultrasound Of Digital Arteries For Distinguishing Primary From Secondary Raynaud’s Phenomenon

Comparison Of Whole Body Versus Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Assessing Disease Activity and Damage In Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

The Composition and Structure Of Calcifications In Juvenile Dermatomyositis Differs From Calcified Aortic Valves Removed From Adults Without JDM

Environmental Factors Associated With Disease Flare In Juvenile and Adult Dermatomyositis

Developing International Consensus Definitions Of Improvement For Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis

Is the Pattern of Capillary Deposition of Complement Membrane Attack COPMLEX Useful in the Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory?

HLA-DRB10101/0405 Is Associated with Susceptibility to Anti-MDA5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis in the Japanese Population

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment of Inflammatory Myopathy: Quantitative Fat-Corrected Muscle T2 and Conventional T2 Measurement Versus Standard MRI and Clinical Metrics

Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging – A New Diagnostic Tool in the Assessment of Activity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Patients?