Abstract Number: 117 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Family Impact of Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is a rare autoimmune disease that can lead to significant morbidity. Previous studies have focused on predictors of patient health-related…Abstract Number: 147 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Familial Clustering of Immune-mediated Diseases in Children with Abrupt-onset OCD
Background/Purpose: Recent epidemiologic studies have reported increased rates of immune-mediated comorbidities among first-degree relatives of patients with OCD and tic disorders.(Mataix-Cols et al., Mol Psychiatry…Abstract Number: 1104 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Heritability and Familial Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Sweden: A Population-based Case-control Study
Background/Purpose: Previous studies examining the relative risk (RR) associated with having a first degree relative (FDR) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were small and few…Abstract Number: 2186 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Process Evaluation of a Culturally-Sensitive, Community Based Self-Management Program for First Nations People with Arthritis and Their Families
Background/Purpose: First Nation community consultations identified arthritis as a priority health concern and the need for culturally sensitive health services adapted to community needs. In…Abstract Number: 1308 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Answering Reproductive Health Questions That Your Patients Want to Know: Impediments to Family Building and Risks of Contraception
Background/Purpose: Women with arthritis wonder whether they will be able to have the children they desire. They also worry that oral contraceptives may worsen their…Abstract Number: 1364 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Cohort of First Degree Relatives from the Studies of the Etiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: First-degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for developing RA compared to the general population. The purpose of…Abstract Number: 1505 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gender Bias in the Inheritance of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: There are few studies of the heritability of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in families, a disease where hereditary factors play a dominant role in disease…Abstract Number: 985 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of a Web-Based Personalized Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Tool with or without a Health Educator for Knowledge of RA Risk Factors
Background/Purpose: Much progress has been made in identifying risk factors for RA, but it is unclear whether individuals at risk for RA have knowledge of…Abstract Number: 991 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Familial Aggregation of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sarcoidosis: A Register-Based Case-Control Study in Sweden
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease with unknown etiology that primarily affects the lungs and lymph glands. Sarcoidosis shares some features with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…Abstract Number: 1022 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Shared Genomic Regions in Distantly Related Pairs of Cases with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a complex genetic trait. While several risk variants have been identified using genome wide studies, a substantial component of…Abstract Number: 1069 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Child’s HLA-DRB1 Genotype Increases Maternal Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from the Mother-Child Immunogenetic Study in Autoimmunity
Background/Purpose: SLE [MIM 152700] disproportionately affects women of reproductive age and pregnant patients are more likely to experience flares. Fetal microchimerism (FMC), or the persistence…Abstract Number: 2101 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA Associations in Mothers of Children with Cardiac Manifestations of Neonatal Lupus
Background/Purpose: Cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus, comprising atrioventricular conduction defects and cardiomyopathy, occur in fetuses exposed to anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, and carry substantial mortality. There is…Abstract Number: 2890 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does a Family History of RA Influence the Clinical Presentation and Treatment Response in RA?
Background/Purpose: Since family history of RA is among the strongest risk factors for developing the disease, individuals suspected to have RA are routinely asked about…Abstract Number: 1403 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psychosocial Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on Their Family Members
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis that can cause pain and functional disability, and RA patients have a higher risk of psychiatric…Abstract Number: 1767 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gender, Race, and Soluble Mediators Distinguish Blood Relatives Who Develop Incomplete Lupus Or Classified SLE In The Lupus Autoimmunity In Relatives (LAUREL) Study
Background/Purpose: Identifying populations at risk of SLE is essential to curtail inflammatory damage and identify individuals for prevention trials. Healthy blood relatives (FDRs) of lupus…