Abstracts tagged "Lupus and fibromyalgia"

Abstract Number: 73 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Anti -N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Is Associated with Fibromyalgia in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jeong-Won Lee¹, Dong-Jin Park², Yi-Rang Yim¹, Ji-Eun Kim¹, Kyung-Eun Lee¹, Lihui Wen¹ and Shin-Seok Lee¹, ¹Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The high concordance of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with fibromyalgia (FM) suggests common underlying mechanisms related to pain and distress in both patient groups.…