Abstract Number: 0090 • ACR Convergence 2020
110 Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) in a Rheumatology Disease Unit: Fracture, Neuropathy, and Pernicious Anemia Are Clues to Recognition
Background/Purpose: Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) has been associated with osteoporosis, neuropathy, pernicious anemia, and low vitamin B12, and may precede multiple myeloma and…Abstract Number: 0259 • ACR Convergence 2020
Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Results of a Nationwide Analysis
Background/Purpose: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune polyneuropathy well described following viral illness, vaccination, or surgery. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with several…Abstract Number: 1434 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Role of Sural Nerve Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Systemic Vasculitis – a Retrospective Study from Two Specialized Centres
Background/Purpose: Vasculitis of the peripheral nervous system is seen mainly in systemic vasculitis involving small and medium sized vessels and in cases of single-organ vasculitis…Abstract Number: 1436 • ACR Convergence 2020
Incidence Rate, Predictors and Outcome of Stroke in Patients with ANCA Associated Vasculitis – A Population-based Study
Background/Purpose: To study the incidence rate, predictors and outcome of stroke in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) within a defined population in southern Sweden.Methods: The…Abstract Number: 1636 • ACR Convergence 2020
8 Years Follow-Up of a Novel Autoinflammatory Disease: CD59 Malfunction Causes Hemolytic Anemia, Recurrent Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Strokes in Pediatric Populations and Respond Well to Eculizumab and Pozelimab
Background/Purpose: In 2013 we have described the first patients with a novel autoinflammatory disease manifested in 4 children with recurrent Guillain-Barre syndrome and hemolytic anemia…Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluation of B-cell Depletion with Rituximab and IVIG Concurrent Treatment in Pediatric Autoimmune Brain Disease
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is standard therapy for autoimmune brain disease (ABD) including autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease (NMOSD). Recommendations for continuing concurrent intravenous…Abstract Number: PP07 • ACR Convergence 2020
Improving Communication with My Physician Drastically Improved My Health
Background/Purpose: In 2011, at the age of 14, I was sent to the emergency room with a platelet count of 19. The hematologist diagnosed me…Abstract Number: 933 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammation in the Hippocampus Affects Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Signaling and Contributes to Neurological Sequelae in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The central nervous system is not the primary target in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, neuropsychiatric symptoms including pain, depression and anxiety are common and…Abstract Number: 1016 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Collagen Antibodies Induce Pain-like Behavior in Mice Independent of Inflammation and Complement Activation but Requires Fcγrs
Background/Purpose: Collagen Antibody Induced Arthritis (CAIA) is an acute mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is induced by an intravenous injection of a cocktail…
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