Abstracts tagged "neurology"

Abstract Number: 1164 • ACR Convergence 2024
IVIG Treatment Duration in Immune-mediated Necrotizing Myopathy and a Possible Association of Vacuolar Changes with Black/African American Female Patients
Asim Mohamed¹, Liron Caplan² and Melissa Griffith³, ¹PGY5, Aurora, CO, ²Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Immune Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM) is a debilitating but understudied entity. Correlations of demographic and clinical features with pathological findings remain underexplored. In addition,…
Abstract Number: 1227 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Patterns of Fibromyalgia Phenotypes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Brooke Cohen¹, Philip Carlucci², Kelly Corbitt³, Mala Masson⁴, Amit Saxena⁵, H Michael Belmont⁵, Chung-E Tseng⁶, Rachel Wu⁷, Hamleini Martinez⁷, George Kenefati⁷, Lisa Doan⁷, Jing Wang⁸, Kamil Barbour⁹, Heather Gold⁷, Jill Buyon¹⁰ and Peter Izmirly¹¹, ¹NYU Langone, NYC, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, El Portal, FL, ⁴NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone Health, Flushing, NY, ⁷NYU Langone Health, NYC, ⁸NYU Langone Health, NYC, NY, ⁹CDC, Alpharetta, GA, ¹⁰NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common comorbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a major contributor to poor health related quality of life.…
Abstract Number: 1276 • ACR Convergence 2024
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) of Rituximab to Predict Early B-Cell Repopulation in Children
Rana Alsulami¹, Bindiya Chugani², Joley Johnstone², Ann Yeh², Floris Loeff³, Linda Hiraki², Andrea Knight⁴, Deborah Levy² and Ruud Verstegen², ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is increasingly used in pediatric inflammatory diseases, with dosing extrapolated from adult data due to a lack of pediatric-specific pharmacokinetic (PK) information. Children…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Sjögren’s Disease Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations
Robert Fox¹, Anahita Deboo², Matthew Baker³, Stamatina Danielides⁴, Eduardo de Sousa⁵, Julie Frantsve Hawley⁶, Brent Goodman⁷, Katherine Hammitt⁶, Jennifer King⁸, Matt Makara⁶, Steven Mandel⁹, Ghaith Noaiseh¹⁰, Pantelis Pavlakis¹¹, George Sarka¹², Arun Varadhachary¹³, Daniel Wallace¹⁴, Robert Hal Scofield¹⁵, Nancy Carteron¹⁶ and Steven Carsons¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, ²Temple University, Philadelphia, ³Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ⁴Vcu, Glen Allen, VA, ⁵Mercy, Moore, OK, ⁶Sjogren's Foundation, Reston, VA, ⁷Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁸UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Hofstra, Hempstead, ¹⁰University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²UCLA, Laguna Hills, CA, ¹³Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco, Angwin, CA, ¹⁷NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) manifestations occur frequently in Sjögren’s disease and can encompass mononeuropathy, polyneuropathy, and autonomic neuropathy. Guidance is needed for rheumatologists, neurologists,…
Abstract Number: 1420 • ACR Convergence 2024
Alignment Between Rheumatology and Neurology of Nomenclature for Peripheral Nervous System Neuropathies
Ghaith Noaiseh¹, George Sarka², Anahita Deboo³, Arun Varadhachary⁴, Robert Fox⁵, Matthew Baker⁶, Stamatina Danielides⁷, Eduardo de Sousa⁸, Julie Frantsve Hawley⁹, Brent Goodman¹⁰, Katherine Hammitt⁹, Jennifer King¹¹, Steven Mandel¹², Pantelis Pavlakis¹³, Daniel Wallace¹⁴, Robert Hal Scofield¹⁵, Nancy Carteron¹⁶ and Steven Carsons¹⁷, ¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²UCLA, Laguna Hills, CA, ³Temple University, Philadelphia, ⁴Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Rheumatology Clinic, San Diego, CA, ⁶Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ⁷Vcu, Glen Allen, VA, ⁸Mercy, Moore, OK, ⁹Sjogren's Foundation, Reston, VA, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ¹¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Hofstra, Hempstead, ¹³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁶University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco, Angwin, CA, ¹⁷NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: The Sjögren’s Foundation Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) diagnosis, management and treatment in Sjögren’s brought to the fore a major issue…
Abstract Number: 2177 • ACR Convergence 2024
CD59 Complement Membrane Regulator Deficiency: 12 Years of Clinical and Molecular Follow-up of 29 Patients
Dror Mevorach, Netanel Karbian, Marian Zeibak and Adi Tabib, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Background/Purpose: We have described in 2013, homozygous CD59-deficient children that manifest with recurrent peripheral neuropathy resembling Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), with hemolytic anemia and recurrent strokes.…
Abstract Number: 2420 • ACR Convergence 2024
Blood Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Enhanced B Cell and Complement Cascade Signatures in Patients with Major Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Dionysis Nikolopoulos¹, George Sentis², Jason Kitsos², Panagiotis Garantziotis³, Noemin Kapsala², antigoni Pieta², Myrto Nikoloudaki⁴, Theodora Manolakou⁵, Sofia Flouda², Ioannis Parodis⁶, Anastasia Filia², George Bertsias⁷, Antonis Fanouriakis² and Dimitrios Boumpas⁸, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ²National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece, Heraklion, Greece, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital; Örebro University, Solna, Sweden, ⁷Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation. University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Heraklion, Greece, ⁸4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: The molecular basis of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) remains elusive because of clinical heterogenicity, the complexity of pathophysiologic mechanisms involved and limited access…
Abstract Number: 2461 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Impact of Peripheral Neuropathy in SSc: A Frequent and Disabling Manifestation in SSc, and a Potential Surrogate Marker for Autonomic Neuropathy
Begonya Alcacer-Pitarch¹, marco di battista², Anthony C. Redmond³, Anne-Maree Keenan⁴, Stefano Di Donato⁵, Francesco Del Galdo³ and Maya H. Buch⁶, ¹Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa., Pisa., Italy, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴School of Healthcare, university of leeds, leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: SSc patients have high disability and low quality of life (QoL), driven partially by poor physical function (PF), Gastro Intestinal (GI) problems, digital ulcers…
Abstract Number: 2481 • ACR Convergence 2024
General, Nervous System, Eye, and Skin Involvement in the Phase 3 Trial of Avacopan for the Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Rula A. Hajj-Ali¹, Duvuru Geetha², Raashid Luqmani³, Christian Pagnoux⁴, Darcy Trimpe⁵, David Jayne⁶ and Peter Merkel⁷, and ADVOCATE Study Group, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Oxford, Abingdon, United Kingdom, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The most common types of ANCA-associated vasculitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), can affect a range of organs, including the kidneys,…
Abstract Number: 0311 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of Sarcoidosis-associated Neuropathy: Challenges with Diagnosis of Small Fiber Neuropathy
Kristen Caldwell¹, Sindhuja Koppu¹, Kelly Gwathmey¹, Aamer Syed¹, Jordana Kron¹, Thomas Iden¹ and Huzaefah Syed², ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is an underrecognized complication of sarcoidosis which can significantly impair individuals’ physical functioning and quality of life. Diagnosis includes both…
Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2024
Finding the Balance: Regaining My Strength While Living with Sjögren’s & POTS
Robert Fearon, Sjögren's Foundation, Reston, VA
Background/Purpose: Like many suffering from autoimmune diseases, my diagnosis was not straightforward and took nearly 13 years to get answers. I first started experiencing an…
Abstract Number: 0312 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Use of Electromyography as a Screening Tool in Sarcoidosis-associated Neuropathy
Kristen Caldwell¹, Sindhuja Koppu¹, Huzaefah Syed², Aamer Syed¹, Jordana Kron¹, Thomas Iden¹ and Kelly Gwathmey¹, ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is the most common peripheral nervous system manifestation of sarcoidosis. Diagnosis of SFN includes clinical evaluation, occasionally skin biopsy to…
Abstract Number: 0363 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Risk of Demyelinating Diseases Among Patients on TNF-Alpha Inhibitors: A Cohort Study Using the TriNetX Database
Rafal Ali¹, Yurilu Gonzalez Moret², Roua Hussein³ and Fabian Rodriguez⁴, ¹Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia, Lansdale, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Al-Mustansiriyah University/ college of medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: TNF-alpha inhibitors are widely used in the field of rheumatology and have been linked to various possible adverse events, including demyelinating diseases. This association…
Abstract Number: 0844 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness and Safety of the Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients ≥18 Years of Age with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Multiple Sclerosis
Sheryl Kluberg¹, Sophie E. Mayer², O’Mareen Spence³, Driss Oraichi⁴, Harry Seifert⁴, Omar Ali³, Huifeng Yun⁴, Andrew L. Simon⁵, Jenice S. Ko⁶, Caroline Hugh⁷, Meg Her⁷, Kathleen Shattuck⁷, Richard Platt⁸, Aziza Jamal-Allial⁹, Djeneba Audrey DJIBO¹⁰, Kimberly Daniels¹¹, Qianli Ma¹², Cheryl N McMahill-Walraven¹⁰, Rachel P. Ogilvie¹³, Kristin Palmsten¹⁴, Mano Selvan¹⁵, Najat Ziyadeh¹⁶, Alexis Ogdie¹⁷ and Michael George¹⁸, ¹Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Durham, ³GSK, Rockville, ⁴GSK, Rockville, MD, ⁵Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA, ⁶Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Ins􀆟tute, Boston, MA, ⁷Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, ⁸Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Carelon Research, Elevance Health, Newton, ¹⁰CVS Health, Blue Bell, ¹¹Carelon Research, Elevance Health, Wilmington, ¹²Humana Healthcare Research, Inc., Louisville, ¹³Optum, Boston, MA, ¹⁴HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, ¹⁵Humana Healthcare Research, Sugar Land, Texas, ¹⁶Optum, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) is US Food and Drug Administration-approved for the prevention of herpes zoster (HZ, shingles) in adults ≥50 years, and…
Abstract Number: 0926 • ACR Convergence 2024
Macrophages and Nociceptor Neurons Form a Sentinel Unit Around Fenestrated Capillaries to Defend the Synovium from Systemic Challenges
Tetsuo Hasegawa and Menna Clatworthy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: A wide variety of systemic pathologies, including infectious and autoimmune diseases, are accompanied by joint pain or inflammation, often mediated by circulating immune complexes…

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