Abstract Number: 2222 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Myositis Treatments Received and Associated Treatment Responses in Myovision, a National Myositis Patient Registry
Background/Purpose: Little is known about medications received for myositis and patients’ responses to therapies. We present information on self-reported myositis therapy use and responses from…Abstract Number: 2227 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Impairment in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Is Predicted By the American College of Rheumatology Functional Status Measure
Background/Purpose The American College of Rheumatology classification criteria of functional status (ACR-FS) in Rheumatoid Arthritis is used as a measure of the consequences of impairment…Abstract Number: 1692 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Additive Value of Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Patterns to Disease-Specific Autoantibodies in Discrimination of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis at Risk for Severe Organ Involvement
Background/Purpose: Severe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) patterns in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are associated with a high risk of organ involvement. SSc-specific autoantibodies seem to…Abstract Number: 1327 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased CD3-CD16CD56+ Natural Killer Cell Counts Are Associated with Disease Activity in Children with Orbital Myositis
Background/Purpose: Orbital myositis (OM), an inflammatory disease affecting the extra-ocular muscles, typically presents in the third decade. It more commonly affects females and is extremely…Abstract Number: 1263 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence for the Involvement of NK Cells in Antisynthetase Syndrome
Background/Purpose Antisynthetase syndrome (aSS) is characterized by the association of interstitial lung disease and myositis with anti-tRNA-synthetase autoantibodies. Its pathogenesis remains unknown, especially regarding the…Abstract Number: 1262 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanisms of Muscular Necrosis in Auto-Immune Myopathies Associated with Anti-Signal Recognition Particle and Anti-3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme a Reductase Antibodies: Pathogenic Role of Auto-Antibodies
Background/Purpose: Necrotizing auto-immune myopathies (NAM) are a group of acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by severe muscle weakness and no or mild extra-muscular involvement. Definition of…Abstract Number: 1269 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epidemiology and Characteristics of Antisynthetase Syndrome in the African Descent Population of Martinique
Background/Purpose : There is no population based epidemiologic studies of antisynthetase syndrome (ASS). We described characteristics and epidemiology of this disease in Martinique, populated by…Abstract Number: 1936 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality Of Care In Patients At Risk For Pulmonary Involvement: Assessment Of Pulmonary Screening In Systemic Sclerosis and Myositis Patients In a General Rheumatology Clinic
Background/Purpose: As a quality assessment tool to evaluate patient care in a general Rheumatology Clinic, we determined the frequency of screening for pulmonary hypertension and…Abstract Number: 217 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myositis-Associated Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Has Better Survival Than Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Background/Purpose: Usual interstitial pneumonia associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF-UIP) has a poor prognosis with a median survival of 3 years. It is unknown whether…Abstract Number: 206 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical, Laboratory, and Cellular Responses in the Rituximab in Myositis Trial in Patients Enrolled At the National Institutes of Health
Background/Purpose: To assess changes in myositis core set measures, clinical and laboratory data, and paired muscle biopsies from NIH patients enrolled in the Rituximab in…Abstract Number: 1952 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of CXCL10 Blockade in C Protein-Induced Myositis
Background/Purpose: CXCL10 (also called interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 [IP-10]) is a chemokine that plays a critical role in the infiltration of T cell in autoimmune disease…Abstract Number: 1928 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluating the Therapeutic Effects of B Cell Depletion Therapy with Rituximab in a Longitudinal Cohort of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Patients
Background/Purpose: Even though 40 years have passed since MCTD was defined as a distinct disorder, there is still no evidence based therapy available. The choice…Abstract Number: 1671 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Jo-1 Autoantibodies in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathy and Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Anti-Jo-1 autoantibodies (Jo-1 Abs), directed against histidine tRNA synthetase (HisRS1), are detected in a high proportion of patients with both autoimmune inflammatory myopathy (IM)…Abstract Number: 754 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Functional Index-3 in Adult Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis: Validity and Reliability of an Outcome Measure for Muscle Endurance
Background/Purpose: Although muscle fatigue is a major source of functional impairment in dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM), few valid and reliable methods for efficient evaluation…Abstract Number: 711 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myopathy Is a Poor Prognostic Feature in Systemic Sclerosis: Results From the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group
Background/Purpose: Myopathy / myositis is associated with more severe systemic scleroderma (SSc). The aim of this study was to determine such clinical information from the…