Abstracts tagged "disability and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 872 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Work Limitations and Disability in Patients with Systemic Vasculitis
Emma Ali Bateman¹, Sherry Rohekar², Christian Pagnoux³ and Lillian Barra¹, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite recent advances in the treatment of systemic vasculitis (SV), direct consequences of the disease leading to impairments in physical and mental function can…
Abstract Number: 2386 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disability and Mortality Related to Cerebrovascular Disease in Systemic Vasculitis
Jamal Mikdashi¹ and Marcia Wozniak², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Despite improved therapeutic strategies, patients with systemic vasculitis (SV) continue to experience serious morbidity and mortality from persistent low grade disease activity and permanent…