Abstract Number: 2165 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Easily Obtainable Myositis Autoantibody Panel Predictive Factors
Background/Purpose: Myositis autoantibodies have diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic implications, but their utility in clinical practice is unclear. We aimed to describe our institutionÕs ordering practices…Abstract Number: 2169 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Two-Center Experience with Rituximab in Patients with Primary Idiopathic Myositis and Overlap Myositis: A Retrospective Observational Study
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have suggested the possible benefit of the anti-CD20 agent Rituximab (RTX) in autoimmune myositis (AIM). As AIM is a rare and heterogeneous…Abstract Number: 276 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Histological Study on the Expression of Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1 (TIF1) in the Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: Myositis-specific antibodies in patients with inflammatory myopathies are known to be associated with various clinical manifestations, classifications and diagnosis. Among them, recently found anti-transcriptional…Abstract Number: 282 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
From ‘immune Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy’ to ‘antibody-Mediated Necrotizing Myositis: Towards the Pathogenic Role of Anti-SRP and Anti-Hmgcr Antibodies’
Background/Purpose: Immune mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) has been recently added as a new entity among dermatomyositis, polymyositis and sporadic inclusion body myositis. IMNM is defined…Abstract Number: 773 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for Severe Infections in Rituximab Treated Patients: Comparison of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Inflammatory Myositis
Background/Purpose: The use of Rituximab (RTX) in patients with autoimmune diseases has been associated with an increased incidence of infection and risk factors for this…Abstract Number: 2057 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biomarker and Serologic Predictors Of Clinical Improvement After B Cell Depletion In Refractory Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis (DM) and Adult Polymyositis (PM) – The RIM (Rituximab in Myositis) Trial
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal utility of a biomarker signature in conjunction with myositis autoantibodies (autoAbs) as biomarkers of…Abstract Number: 2016 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflamamatory Myositis-Increased Incidence In Fire Department Of New York Firefighters After World Trade Center Exposure
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory myositis (IM) is extremely rare in white middle-aged males. Incidence rates in males ranging from 0.25 to 5 per million. We describe a…