Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity and corticosteroids"

Abstract Number: 1728 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Persistent Disease Activity Is Associated with Avascular Necrosis Development in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Anthony Hoang ¹, Howard Yang ², Tracy Andrews ³, Jennifer Weiss ⁴, Kathleen Haines ⁴, Yukiko Kimura ⁵ and Suzanne Li⁴, ¹Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ²David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Santa Monica, CA, ³Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, ⁴Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ⁵Joseph M Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Avascular necrosis (AVN) is a serious comorbidity of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) associated with disability, impaired quality of life, and increased cost of…