Abstracts tagged "osteoprotegerin and pseudogout"

Abstract Number: 1126 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Osteoprotegerin:RANKL Ratios in Synovial Fluid Correlate with the Presence of Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals
Ian Chang¹, Daisy Obiora², Ann Rosenthal³ and Charlene J. Williams⁴, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Urology, Cooper Hospital, Camden, NJ, ³Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPDD) is a common cause of both acute and chronic arthritis in the elderly. It is estimated that twenty percent…