Abstracts tagged "Diagnostic Tests"

Abstract Number: 1301 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Tumor Necrosis Factor Stimulated Gene-6 Promoter Reporter Can Monitor The Disease Activity In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mathijs G.A. Broeren¹, Eline A. Vermeij¹, Onno J. Arntz², Miranda B. Bennink¹, Emma Sterken¹, Calin Popa², Tim L. Jansen³, Wim B. van den Berg⁴ and Fons A.J. Van de Loo⁵, ¹Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Experimental Rheumatology (272), Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: An important step in the optimal personalized treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, is the accurate assessment of disease activity, disease progression and therapy…
Abstract Number: 1138 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tuberculin Skin Test and Booster Phenomenon In a Rheumatoid Arthritis Population. Differences Between Early and Established Disease
Lorena Perez-Barbosa¹, David Vega-Morales², Janett Carmen Luzmilla Riega-Torres¹, Octavio Ilizaliturri-Guerra¹ and Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo¹, ¹Early Arthritis Clinic, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. Chronic inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and the use of immunosuppressive drugs, increase the risk of…
Abstract Number: 671 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibody Diversity In Scleroderma Patients With Antinucleolar Antibodies and Negative For Three Major Disease-Specific Markers
Sarada Nandiwada¹, Troy Jaskowski², Maureen D. Mayes³, Minoru Satoh⁴ and Anne E. Tebo¹, ¹Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in a nucleolar pattern (antinucleolar antibodies, ANoA) by indirect immunofluorescence technique correlate with several autoantibody specificities and clinical manifestations in scleroderma…
Abstract Number: 639 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Examination Of The Cytokine Profile Of The Cerebrospinal Fluid In Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kunihiro Ichinose¹, Takeshi Ushigusa², Yoshikazu Nakashima³, Takahisa Suzuki³, Yoshiro Horai⁴, Shin-ya Kawashiri², Naoki Iwamoto², Mami Tamai³, Kazuhiko Arima⁴, Hideki Nakamura², Tomoki Origuchi⁵ and Atsushi Kawakami⁴, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Department of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Examination of the cytokine profile of the cerebrospinal fluid in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusBackground/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a serious complication in systemic…
Abstract Number: 520 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Is Very Common in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Anna M. Nilsson¹, Elke Theander², Roger Hesselstrand³, Eeva Piitulainen⁴, Sandra Diaz⁵, Olle Ekberg⁵, Per Wollmer⁶ and Thomas Mandl⁷, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Skane University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden, ²Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Dept of Lung medicine, Lund University & Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ⁵Dept of Radiology, Skåne University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁶Dept of Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁷Dept of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To study the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and its association with respiratory symptoms, pulmonary…
Abstract Number: 183 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Performance Of a Point Of Care Test For Detection Of Anti-Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin and Rheumatoid Factor In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Preeda Rojanasantikul¹, Prapa Pattrapornpisut², Kulvara Anuruckparadorn³ and Wanruchada Katchamart¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Department of Internal Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Department of Transfusion Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Background/Purpose: Besides rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA), a newer serologic marker, was added to the new American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League…