Abstracts tagged "Osteoclasts and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 2299 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Acroosteolysis Is Associated with Increased Propensity for Osteoclast Formation and Higher VEGF Levels in the Peripheral Blood of Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Jin Kyun Park¹, Andrea Fava², Antony Rosen³ and Francesco Boin⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Acroosteolysis (AO) secondary to bone resorption of distal phalanges affects up to 20% of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients leading to shortening of the digits,…