Abstracts tagged "Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM)"

Abstract Number: 2065 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence and Clinical Usefulness Of Anti-NXP-2 Autoantibodies In Chinese Patients With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Xin Lu¹, Guochun Wang², Qinglin Peng³, Kai Yuan⁴ and Hanbo Yang⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Department of Rheumatology,, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁵Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: To determine the sera levels of anti-NXP-2 antibodies and their clinical association in Chinese patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies(IIM). Methods: Sera from 198 Chinese…
Abstract Number: 222 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison Of Whole Body Versus Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Assessing Disease Activity and Damage In Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Adam Schiffenbauer¹, Evrim Turkbey², Lisa G. Rider¹, Suvimol Hill², Irene Z. Whitt³, Songtao Liu², David A. Bluemke² and Frederick W. Miller¹, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: In the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) MRI imaging is traditionally focused on the proximal upper or lower extremities. Whole body MRI (WBMRI) is a…