Abstracts tagged "myositis and neutrophils"

Abstract Number: 1352 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Low Density Granulocytes in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
David Fernandez¹, Linjia Jia², Mikhail Olferiev³, Annel M. Fernandez⁴, JoAnn Vega⁵, Kerri Merritt⁶, Michael Lockshin⁷ and Peggy Crow¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine- Rheumatology/ Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Medicine - Rheumatology / Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Barbara Volcker Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM) is a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by immune-mediated injury to skeletal muscle, including polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). Recent…