natural killer (NK) cells and pediatric rheumatology Archives

Abstract Number: 1327 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Decreased CD3-CD16CD56+ Natural Killer Cell Counts Are Associated with Disease Activity in Children with Orbital Myositis
Melissa R. Bussey¹, Gabrielle A. Morgan², Maria C. Amoruso², Bahram Rahmani³ and Lauren M. Pachman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Cure JM Myositis Center, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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…

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