mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Archives

Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Impaired Cardiac Function in Juvenile Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Compared with Controls
Birgit Nomeland Witczak¹, Siri Opsahl Hetlevik², Zoltan Barth^1,3, Thomas Schwartz^4,5, Berit Flatø^2,6, Vibke Lilleby^2,6 and Ivar Sjaastad^1,6,7, ¹Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Pathophysiology and Gerontology, Medical School, University of Pècs, Pècs, Hungary, Pècs, Hungary, ⁴Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Juvenile MCTD (JMCTD) is a heterogenic autoimmune disease, with SLE-, SSc- and PM/DM and RA like manifestations. Cardiac involvement is known in juvenile SLE,…
Abstract Number: 2849 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Antibodies Against U1-Ribonucleoprotein Exhibit a Specific Pattern of Disease Manifestations
David Fernandez¹, Mikhail Olferiev¹, Leila Khalili¹, Kyriakos A. Kirou² and Mary K. Crow¹, ¹Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies against nucleic acids and a variety of self-antigens. Recent work…

Abstracts tagged "mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and ribonucleoprotein (RNP)"

Impaired Cardiac Function in Juvenile Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Compared with Controls

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Antibodies Against U1-Ribonucleoprotein Exhibit a Specific Pattern of Disease Manifestations