ethnic studies and vasculitis Archives

Abstract Number: 2078 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Global Ethnic and Geographic Differences in the Clinical Features of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Fiona Pearce¹, Anthea Craven², Peter A. Merkel³, Raashid Luqmani⁴ and Richard A. Watts⁵, ¹Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴NDORMS , Rheumathology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, Great Britain
Background/Purpose: There are few data on clinical profiles of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and or ANCA specificity in different ethnic populations. This study examined differences in…
Abstract Number: 1767 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s) According to Geographic Origin and Ethnicity: Clinical-Biological Presentation and Outcome
Benjamin Terrier¹, Christophe Deligny², Xavier Puéchal³, Pascal Godmer⁴, Pierre Charles⁵, Gilles Hayem⁶, Bertrand Dunogué⁷, Pascal Cohen³, Serge Arfi⁸, Luc Mouthon³ and Loïc Guillevin for the French Vasculitis Study Group³, ¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Internal Medicine, CHU Fort de France, Fort de France, France, ³National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique de Vannes, Vannes, France, ⁵Internal Medicine, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France, ⁶Rhumatologie, Hopital Bichat, Paris Cedex 18, France, ⁷Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁸Rhumatologie Et Médecine Interne, Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique
Background/Purpose Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) (GPA) is an ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) predominantly affecting small-sized vessels, involving mainly the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys.…
Abstract Number: 1751 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Ethnicity-Related Differences In Behçet’s Disease In a French Multiethnic Country
David Saadoun¹, Mathieu Resche Rigon², Bertrand Wechsler³, Du Le Thi Huong⁴, Jean-Charles Piette¹ and Patrice Cacoub⁵, ¹Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Service de Médecine Interne, DHU i2B, Paris, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory I3 “Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy”, UMR CNRS 7211, INSERM U959, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpetrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine 2. Referal center for SLE/APS, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁵Internal Medicine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hopital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: It has been suggested that Behçet’s disease (BD) varies in its phenotypic expression in different ethnies and in different countries indicating that both environmental…

Abstracts tagged "ethnic studies and vasculitis"

Global Ethnic and Geographic Differences in the Clinical Features of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s) According to Geographic Origin and Ethnicity: Clinical-Biological Presentation and Outcome

Ethnicity-Related Differences In Behçet’s Disease In a French Multiethnic Country