Abstracts tagged "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and macrophage activation syndrome"

Abstract Number: 1457 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Organ Based Diagnostic Approach to Macrophage Activating Syndrome in Children Demonstrates Impaired Reticuloendothelial System Clearance
King Soon Goh¹, Francesca Minoia², Angelo Ravelli², Randy Q. Cron³ and Bita Shakoory⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Rheumatology, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Early recognition and treatment of Macrophage Activating Syndrome (MAS) can improve outcome. Various diagnostic criteria are available to optimize the diagnosis if suspected by…
Abstract Number: 1166 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Therapeutic Features of 312 Patients with Macrophage Activation Syndrome Enrolled in a Multinational Survey
Sergio Davì¹, Francesca Minoia¹, Erkan Demirkaya², Chiara Suffia³, Mario Abinun⁴, Amita Aggarwal⁵, Nuray Aktay Ayaz⁶, Maria Alessio⁷, Jordi Anton⁸, Maria Apaz⁶, Tadej Avcin⁹, Patrizia Barone¹⁰, Blanca E. Bica¹¹, Isabel Bolt¹², Luciana Breda¹³, Vyacheslav Chasnyk¹⁴, Rolando Cimaz⁶, Fabrizia Corona⁶, Ruben Cuttica¹⁵, Gianfranco D'Angelo¹⁶, AnnaCarin Horne¹⁷, Nicola Ruperto¹⁸, Alberto Martini¹⁹, Randy Q. Cron²⁰ and Angelo Ravelli⁶, ¹Pediatria II, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ²International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Ankara, Turkey, ³Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁴International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁵Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ⁶Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, Rheumatology Unit, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁰Azienda Policlinico Università di Catania, Catania, Italy, ¹¹International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹²Kinderspital Zuerich, Universitaetskinderklinik, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹³International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Chieti, Italy, ¹⁴Hospital Pediatry, State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, ¹⁵International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁶International Investigator Consortium for MAS Diagnostic Criteria, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁷Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁸Istituto Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹⁹Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group [PRSCG], Cincinnati, OH, ²⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: A multinational collaborative effort aimed to develop a new set of criteria for macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) has…