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  • Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Multidimensional Assessment to Differentiate Early Psoriatic Arthritis from Cutaneous Psoriasis

    Eugeniu Russu1, Victor Cazac2, Mircea Betiu3, Alesea Nistor3 and Liliana Groppa4, 1"Nicolae Testemitanu" State Medical and Pharmaceutical University; ”Timofei Moșneaga” Republican Clinical Hospital, Chisinau, Moldova, 2Norwalk Hospital, Nuvance Health, Connecticut, 3State Medical and Pharmaceutical University ”Nicolae Testemițanu”, Chisinau, Chisinau, Moldova, 4State Medical and Pharmaceutical University ”Nicolae Testemițanu”, Chisinau, Moldova

    Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) develops in ~20-30% of psoriasis patients. However, early PsA diagnosis is challenging due to heterogeneous, subtle symptoms and overlap with psoriasis…
  • Abstract Number: 0270 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Diagnostic Challenge of IgG4-related Disease: Comparison Between ACR/EULAR, Umehara, and Okazaki Criteria

    Rafael Gálvez Sánchez1, Ivan Ferraz Amaro2, Fernando Lopez Gutierrez3, Javier Loricera4, Pablo Martínez Calabuig5, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil6, Roxana González Mazarí7, Cristina Hormigos Martín8, DALIFER FREITES9, Maria Rodríguez Laguna8, Patricia Moya Alvarado10, Marta López I Gómez11, Hector Corominas Macia10, Maite Silva Díaz12, Guillermo González Arribas12, Angel García Aparicio13, Judit Font-Urgelles14, Ivette Casafont Solé15, Elisabet Castaneda16, Carolina Merino Argumánez17, Raquel Zas Vaamonde18, Juan Molina Collada19, Sergio Rodríguez Montero20, Rafael Melero Gonzalez21, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa22, Andrea Hernández23, Lucia Pantoja Zarza24, Ignacio Braña Abascal25, Vega Jovaní26, Elia Valls Pascual27, Natalia Mena Vázquez28, ADELA MARIA GALLEGO FLORES29, Noelia Cabaleiro Raña30, Raúl Veroz González31, Mariano Andrés32, Santos Castañeda Sainz33 and Ricardo Blanco34, 1Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunopathology Group -IDIVAL, Reumatología, Santander, Santander, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, 5Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain/ Uversidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain, Ontinyent, Spain, 6Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, 7Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Reumatología, Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 8Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 9Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 10Hospital de Sant Pau, Reumatología, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 11Hospital Universitario de Araba, Reumatología, Vitoria,, Vitoria, Spain, 12Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Reumatología, A Coruña, Spain, 13Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Reumatología, Toledo, Toledo, Spain, 14Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 15Hospital German Trias i Pujol, Reumatología, Badalona, Badalona, Spain, 16Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 17Hospital Universitario Puerta del Hierro, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 18Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 19Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 20Hospital Universitario de Valme, Reumatología, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 21Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Reumatología, Vigo, Vigo, Spain, 22BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, 23Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Reumatología, Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, 24Hospital General de Segovia, Reumatología, Segovia, Segovia, Spain, 25Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Reumatología, Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 26Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Reumatología, Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, 27Hospital General de Valencia, Reumatología, Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 28Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Reumatología, Málaga, Malaga, Spain, 29Complejo Hospitalario don Benito Villanueva, Reumatología, Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 30Hospital Universitario Montecelo, Reumatología, Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, 31Hospital de Mérida, Reumatología, Mérida, Mérida, Spain, 32Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Reumatología, Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 33Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Reumatología, Madrid Grupo de cooperación nacional de enfermedad relacionada con IgG4: Blanca García Magallón (Hospital Universitario Puerta del Hierro), Maite Odriozola Gil (Hospital Universitario de Valme), Cristina Arciniega (Hospital de Mérida), Maria Lourdes Mateo Soria (Hospital German Trias i Pujol), Santiago Muñoz (Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía), Iñigo Jesús Rua Figueroa, (Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin), Sabela Fernández Aguado, (Hospital de Montecelo)., Madrid, Spain, 34Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

    Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a rare immune-mediated condition characterized by fibro-sclerosing inflammation, elevated serum and tissue IgG4 levels, and heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Several classification…
  • Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Classification of sacroiliits using an artificial intelligence model

    Esther Fernández Guill1, Yazmina Bautista Mártir2, Eduardo Fernández Jover3 and Irene Cases Susarte4, 1Sociedad Española de Reumatologia, Murcia, Spain, 2Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia, Murcia, Spain, 3Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain, 4Sociedad Española de Radiologia, Murcia, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly involvessacroiliac joints and spine. It is caused by ankylosing spondylitis and other rheumatic diseases…
  • Abstract Number: 0260 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Development of a Consensus Definition of VEXAS Flare for Use in Clinical Research

    Lachelle D. Weeks1, Danielle Hammond2, Sinisa Savic3, Mael Heiblig4, Onima Chowdhury5, Arsène Mekinian6, Carmelo Gurnari7, Radhakrishanan Ramchandren8, Sophie georgin-Lavialle9, Marcela ferrada10, Sarah A. Buckley11, Bryan G. harder11, Sandra Goble11, David Beck12 and Matthew Koster13, 1Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, 4Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, 5Oxford University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 6Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i3), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, 75012 Paris, France, Paris, France, 7Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Clevland, OH, Rome, Italy, 8University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 9Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU3ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, 10University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, 11Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, 12Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY, 13Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome is a recently identified, severe systemic hemato-inflammatory disease with a complex and heterogeneous clinical presentation. The disease is associated with significant morbidity…
  • Abstract Number: 1407 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Trends in Diagnostic Timing and Clinical Features of Axial Spondyloarthritis by Sex and Clinical Subtype: A Multicenter Cohort Over Seven Decades

    Carla Saad1, Rafael Bassara Macedo2, Maria Eduarda Veiga1, Claudia Marques3, Gustavo Resende4, Adriana Marinho5, Andressa Soares6, Cleandro Pires7, Débora Rodrigues8, Glaucio Castro9, Guilherme Bulbol10, Jamile Carneiro11, José Mauro Fernandes12, Manuella Ochtrop13, Maria Bernadete Gavi14, Michel Yazbek15, Nara Cavalcanti16, Natalia Machado17, Olivio Malheiro18, Rejane Vieira19, Ricardo Lage18, Rita Menin20, Rywka Golebiovski21, Sandra Ribeiro10, Thauana Oliveira21, Tysciana Brito22, Valquiria Diniz14, Marcelo Pinheiro23 and Percival Sampaio-Barros24, 1Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 3Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - PE, Recife, Brazil, 4Hospital das Clinicas UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 5Fundação Hospital do Acre - AC, Rio Branco, Brazil, 6Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) - SC, Florianópolis, Brazil, 7UNB, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 8Fundação Hospital do Acre - AC, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil, 9Hospital Governador Celso Ramos (HCR) - SC, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 10Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) - AM, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 11Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal (HBDF) - DF, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 12Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) - MA, São Luiz, Maranhao, Brazil, 13Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto / UERJ - RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) - ES, Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil, 15Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) - SP, Campinhas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 16Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - PE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 17Universidade Fedral do Paraná (UFPR) - PR, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, 18Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) - MG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 19Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE) - CE, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, 20Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP) - SP, São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 21Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) - SP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 22Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) - AM, Manaus, Brazil, 23UNIFESP/ EPM, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 24Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) frequently eludes early recognition, particularly before structural sacroiliitis becomes visible. We analyzed decade-specific diagnosis delay, clinical subtype distribution, and first-symptom profiles…
  • Abstract Number: 0039 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Gene Variants in Severe COVID-19 Cytokine Storm Syndrome

    randy Cron1, Abhishek Kamath1, Mingce Zhang1, Devin Abhser2, Lesley Jackson1 and Walter Winn Chatham3, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Kaiser Permanente Research Bank, Oakland, CA, 3University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

    Background/Purpose: Severe COVID-19 infection resulting in hospitalization shares features with frequently fatal cytokine storm syndromes (CSS), such as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome…
  • Abstract Number: 1332 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Mid‐Infrared Spectroscopy for Enhanced Diagnosis of Rheumatic Diseases

    Gilad Halpert1, Yair Dankner2, Eri Govrin1, Abdulla Watad3, Omer Gendelman1, Shlomo Segev1, Yehuda Shoenfeld1 and Howard Amital1, 1Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramar Gan, Israel, 3Tel Hashomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Spectral analysis of liquid biopsies has recently emerged as a promising, non-invasive approach to improve the diagnosis of various pathologies. Our objective was to…
  • Abstract Number: 1292 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Childhood-onset Behçet’s disease: HLA alleles role on diagnosis and treatment in a Latin American tertiary center

    Matheus França1, Thales Souza2, Ricardo Machado3, Vinicius Matias4, Sylvia Farhat3, Lia Steuer3, Luisa Forero3, Verena Balbi3, Nadia Emi Aikawa5, Katia Kozu3, Clovis Artur Silva6, Adriana Elias7 and Lucia Maria Campos8, 1Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 3Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 4Faculdade de Ciências Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 6University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 7Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 8Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a rare pediatric vasculitis with limited epidemiological data in Latin America centers, especially in children where initial symptoms can be…
  • Abstract Number: 2702 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Diagnostic Performance of Vascular Ultrasound in Giant Cell Arteritis – A Single Center Experience

    Ruoning Ni1, Carol Langford2, Minna Kohler3, amne Dargham1, Irene Katzan1, Chao Zhang4 and Rula Hajj-Ali1, 1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, 2Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH

    Background/Purpose: Diagnostic approaches to giant cell arteritis (GCA) differ between the United States (U.S.) and Europe, with Europe favoring rheumatologist-performed ultrasound and the U.S. relying…
  • Abstract Number: 1226 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Preliminary Findings in the Validation of the Modified Pain and Symptom Assessment Tool in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome

    Daniella Schocken1, Mark Connelly2, Sabrina Gmuca3, Andrea Ramirez4, Mary Ellen Riordan5, Tracy Ting6, Susmita Kashikar-Zuck7 and Jennifer Weiss8, 1Children's Mercy Kansas City, Tampa, FL, 2Children’s Mercy Kansas City/University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, 3Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 4Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 5Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, 6Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 7University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 8Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ

    Background/Purpose: Diagnosing juvenile fibromyalgia (JFM) in youth with chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is challenging in the absence of a validated diagnostic tool. The Pain and…
  • Abstract Number: 2535 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Behçet’s syndrome: distinct features in 344 pediatric and adult patients in a non-endemic region

    Ricardo Machado1, Thales Souza2, Matheus França3, Vinicius Matias4, Sylvia Farhat1, Carolina Siqueira4, Maria Carolina Santos4, Lia Steuer1, Luisa Forero1, Rafael Bassara Macedo5, Thiago Freitas6, barbara Bayeh7, Carolina Ejnisman8, Pedro Araujo9, Rafael Cordeiro10, Fabio Specian5, Verena Balbi1, Nadia Emi Aikawa11, Katia Kozu1, Clovis Artur Silva12, Lucia Maria Campos13, Adriana Elias14 and Henrique Giardini6, 1Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 3Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 4Faculdade de Ciências Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, 7Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 8Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 10Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 12University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 13Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 14Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Behçet’s syndrome (BS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by a heterogeneous clinical presentation, occurring primarily in young adults and very rarely in children…
  • Abstract Number: 1014 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Factors Associated with Fibromyalgia Diagnosis amongst People Meeting Criteria: Results from UK Biobank

    Sung-A Kim, Gary Macfarlane and Marcus Beasley, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to its reliance on patient-reported symptoms, the absence of definitive biomarkers, and numerous overlapping comorbidities. Discrepancies…
  • Abstract Number: 2411 • ACR Convergence 2025

    The 2019 EULAR/ACR and 2012 SLICC Classification Criteria for SLE Should Be Applied with Caution as Diagnostic Criteria

    Luca Mazzoleni1, Francesca Crisafulli2, Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof3, Aamir Aslam4, Andrew Barr5, Lesley-Anne Bissell6, Shouvik Dass5, Jack E Arnold7, Ed Vital8, Franco Franceschini9 and Porntip Intapiboon10, 1University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 2ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 3University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 4Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, 5Leeds teaching hospitals- NHS trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, 6Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, 7Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, 8University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, 9University of Brescia, Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 10Prince Of Songkla universitiy, Tambon Kohong, Thailand

    Background/Purpose: To assess the 2012 SLICC and 2019 EULAR/ACR classification criteria performance as diagnostic criteria in two cohorts of ANA-positive patients clinically suspected of having…
  • Abstract Number: 0624 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Polygenic risk of lupus is differentially associated with individual EHR-derived classification criteria

    Noah Forrest1, Sachleen Tuteja2, Jennifer Pacheco3, Vesna Mitrovic3, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman1, Theresa Walunas3 and Matthew Dapas1, 1Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2Northwestern University, Evanston, 3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by diverse clinical presentation, posing significant challenges in diagnosis and management. Reflecting this clinical…
  • Abstract Number: 2136 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Confirming The Validity Of The New EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria For Pediatric Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

    Greta Mastrangelo1, Edan Itzkovitz2, Katherine Sawicka3, Ingrid Goh4, Ari Bitnun5, Sevan Hopyan5, Paul Nathan2, Ronald laxer1 and Brian Feldman1, 1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University of Toronto The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is a noninfectious autoinflammatory bone disease which remains a diagnosis of exclusion, as existing diagnostic criteria are not widely accepted.…
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