Abstracts tagged "neurology"

Abstract Number: 0123 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vestibulocortical Stimulation with Caloric Irrigation Reduces Pain and Improves Subjective Well-Being in Fibromyalgia: An Open-Label Pilot Trial
Michael Kaplan¹, Celine Zhou¹, Emily Carroll¹, Alan Weinberg², Daniel Clauw³, Trung Thanh Ngo⁴ and Ioannis Tassiulas⁵, ¹The Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, NY, ²The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Queensland & Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Safe and effective therapies for fibromyalgia (FM) remain a major unmet clinical need. Vestibulocortical stimulation (VCS) via caloric irrigation is a safe, inexpensive, non-invasive…
Abstract Number: 0417 • ACR Convergence 2021
Neurologic Involvement in ANCA-associated Vasculitis: Data from Multicenter Longitudinal Observational Study
Rula Hajj-Ali¹, Robert Butler², Carol Langford³, Leonard Calabrese², David Cuthbertson⁴, Nader Khalidi⁵, CURRY LEE MD KOENING⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Paul Monach⁸, Larry Moreland⁹, Christian Pagnoux¹⁰, Philip Seo¹¹, Ulrich Specks¹², Antoine Sreih⁷, Kenneth Warrington¹³ and Peter Merkel⁷, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Hunting Valley, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶LIMITED TO OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY DUTIES ONLY, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹⁰Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of neurologic involvement (NI) in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), especially central nervous system (CNS) involvement, is not well characterized. This project aimed to…
Abstract Number: 0431 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of ANCA-Associated and Non Immune-Mediated Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis: A Comparative Study
Eduardo Martin-Nares, Lilian Guadalupe Cano Cruz and Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is an infrequent manifestation in autoimmune and non-autoimmune conditions. The differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes of ANCA-associated and non-immune-mediated HP…
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
Michael Lovy¹ and Andrew Dulalia¹, ¹Desert Oasis Healthcare, Palm Springs, CA
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
Shilpa Arora¹, Ehizogie Edigin² and Augustine Manadan¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²John H Jr. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
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
Karl Gisslander¹, Lars Dahlin², Rona Smith³, David Jayne³ and Aladdin Mohammad⁴, ¹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ²Department of Translational Medicine – Hand Surgery, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Lund, Sweden
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
Dennis Tabakovic¹, Rona Smith², David Jayne³ and Aladdin Mohammad⁴, ¹Lund University, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Lund, Sweden
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
Dror Mevorach¹ and Netanel Karbian¹, ¹Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
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
Alexis Wilsey¹, Laura Cannon², Stephanie Johannes² and Heather Van Mater², ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
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
Whitney Carter¹, ¹Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc., Pleasanton, CA
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
Karin Andersson¹, Caroline Wasén¹, Lina Juzokaite¹, Malin C Erlandsson^1,2, Anna Stokowska³, Lovisa Leifsdottir⁴, Marcela Pekna³, Milos Pekny³, Kjell Olmarker⁵, Rolf Heckemann^6,7,8, Marie Kalm⁹ and Maria I Bokarewa², ¹Department of rheumatology and inflammation research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Rheumatology Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Clinics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medical Chemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶Med Tech West at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁷Department of Medical Radiation Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Pharmacology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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 FcÎ³rs
Gustaf Wigerblad¹, Katalin Sandor¹, Kutty Selva Nandakumar², Rikard Holmdahl³ and Camilla Svensson¹, ¹Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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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