Abstracts tagged "ethnic studies and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 2078 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
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 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
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 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
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…