Abstract Number: 762 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Pragmatic Treatment of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Rituximab: Long-Term Effects on Serum Immunoglobulins
Background/Purpose: B cell depletion therapy based on rituximab is a therapeutic option for refractory disease in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Hypogammaglobulinemia can be…Abstract Number: 2117 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
B Cell Phenotype and in Vitro Function in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Developing Low Serum Immunoglobulins after Multiple Cycles of Rituximab
Background/Purpose: Repeat treatment with rituximab (RTX) predisposes some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to develop low levels of serum immunoglobulins (Igs). Understanding B cell function…Abstract Number: 760 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Effects of Type I Interferon Inhibition on Blood Leukocyte Subsets in Patients Treated in a Phase IIb Clinical Study of Anifrolumab in SLE
Background/Purpose: A Phase IIb randomized controlled study (NCT01753193) was conducted with anifrolumab, a fully human, anti-interferon (IFN)–α receptor (IFNAR1) specific antibody in adults with moderate…Abstract Number: 539 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Quantification of T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles (TREC) from Peripheral Blood in Patients with Inflammatory Polyarthritis of Recent Onset (EPA): Association with Radiographic Joint Damage
Background/Purpose: Patients with established Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) present evidence for an exhausted immune system. It is not known whether patients seen at the Early inflammatory…Abstract Number: 2061 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Unexpectedly High Prevalence of Immunoglobulin Deficiency in Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: It has recently been shown that Fibromyalgia (FM) is commonly associated with clinical evidence of neuropathic pain language, laboratory evidence of small fiber…Abstract Number: 2195 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Expanding The Spectrum Of Recombination Activating Gene-1 Deficiency To Include Early Onset Autoimmunity
Background/Purpose: We sought to identify the etiology of early onset autoimmunity and T cell lymphopenia in two siblings through genetic and functional studies. Newborn screening…
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