Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 766 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Immunological Characteristics of 150 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in Urban Jamaica
Keisha Maloney¹, Trevor Ferguson² and Karel De Ceulaer³, ¹Department of Medicine,, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, ²Epidemiology Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, ³Internal Medicine, University of the West Indies, Kgn 7, Jamaica
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological studies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been reported in the literature in many countries and ethnic groups. Although SLE in Jamaica has…
Abstract Number: 782 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Proposal for Assessing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity By a Multimodal Instrument That Includes Clinical Variables, Physician Assessment and Modification of Treatment
Francisco Espinoza Sr.¹ and K Kalunian², ¹Rheumatology Department, Division of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, ²UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Assessment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is complex due to its heterogeneous manifestations and its fluctuant clinical course. Current instruments stressed one specific aspect…
Abstract Number: 2920 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Time to Recovery of Individual Lupus Manifestations on Standard of Care Treatment
Zahi Touma¹, Dafna Gladman¹, Jiandong Su¹ and Murray Urowitz^2,3, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, U of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal, dermal and renal systems are the most commonly represented systems in lupus clinical trials. Thus, it is very important to study the time…
Abstract Number: 714 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Validity of Patient and Physician Global Disease Activity Assessments of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from the Lupus Activity Scoring Tool (LAST) As Compared to the Selena Sledai (SS) Modification Multicentre Study
Majed Khraishi¹, Rana Aslanov², Sanjay Dixit³, Ramin Yazdani⁴, Vandana Ahluwalia⁵ and Sarah Khraishi⁶, ¹Nexus Clinical Research, St John's, NF, Canada, ²Clinical Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, NF, Canada, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, St. Clare' Mercy Hospital, St. John's, NF, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, William Osler Health Center, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁶NL Research Technologies (NLRT), St. John's, NF, Canada
Background/Purpose In our centre, new tools for the assessment of SLE activity: the Lupus Activity Scoring Tool (LAST) and Clinical Lupus Activity Scoring Tool (C-LAST)…
Abstract Number: 2541 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity Does Not Improve Significantly In One System and Worsen In Another System
Zahi Touma¹, Dafna D. Gladman² and Murray B. Urowitz², ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematous Disease Activity Index-2000 (SLEDAI-2K) is a global index that describes disease activity overall in 9 systems. The use of multiple measures…
Abstract Number: 2518 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Only BAFF mRNA, Not BAFF Protein Level In Blood, Is Associated With SLE Activity Over One Year
Eric Zollars¹, Hong Fang², Jadwiga Bienkowska³, Julie Czerkowicz⁴, Ann Ranger⁴, Norm Allaire⁵, Alice Thai⁴, Jeff Browning⁶, Laurence S. Magder⁷ and Michelle Petri², ¹Div of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁴Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: B-cell–activating factor (BAFF; also known as B lymphocyte stimulator or BLyS) is a prominent factor in the selection and survival of B cells. BAFF…

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