Abstracts tagged "environmental factors and registry"

Abstract Number: 1003 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hair Treatments and the Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: the Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance (MILES) Program
Emily C. Somers¹, Christina Mrukowicz², Wendy Marder¹, W. Joseph McCune³, Afton L. Hassett⁴, Suzanna Zick⁵, Siobán Harlow⁶ and Caroline Gordon⁷, ¹Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Int Med/ Rheum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Epidemiology Department- School of Public Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology- Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Hair dye exposure has been reported as a risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and connective tissue diseases, though conflicting results exist. We…