Abstract Number: 2912 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Predictive Factors for Treatment Related Mortality and Event-Free Survival After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Systemic Sclerosis: Results of a Long Term Follow-up Multi-centre Study
Background/Purpose: Autologous hematopoietic stemcell transplantation (HSCT) has shown to improve survival of SSc patients with poor prognosis, but is hampered by treatment related mortality (TRM).…Abstract Number: 114 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2017
Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes in Down’s Arthropathy
Background/Purpose: Crude prevalence estimates indicate Down’s Arthropathy (DA) is 3-8 times more common than juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), however, DA is still largely under recognized…Abstract Number: 85 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2017
Characteristics of anti-MDA5 autoantibody-associated Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) in North America
Background/Purpose: Anti-MDA5 Abs have been reported to associate with clinically amyopathic and classic dermatomyositis (DM), with severe progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) and poor prognosis…Abstract Number: 2805 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Outcomes of Lupus Nephritis Patients Following Discontinuation of Treatment
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) complicates 60% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients within 5 years of diagnosis. Glucocorticoids and disease modifying immunosuppressive drugs (IS) are…Abstract Number: 1708 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Predictors of Depression Severity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: Depression is a known comorbidity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with over one-third of AS patients affected and increased depression-rate ratio compared to the general…Abstract Number: 1990 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Corticosteroid Use in Idiopathic Aortitis: A Systematic Review
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic aortitis (IA) is a poorly defined entity with no specific pathological or clinical criteria for its classification or diagnosis, except for the presence…Abstract Number: 2779 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Systemic Inflammatory and Autoimmune Manifestations Associated with Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A French Multicenter Retrospective Study
Background/Purpose: To describe characteristics, treatment and outcome of patients with systemic inflammatory or autoimmune diseases (SAID) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).Methods: For this retrospective study, a…Abstract Number: 2199 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis : A Retrospective Study of 46 Patients
Background/Purpose Intravenous Immunoglobulins (IVIg) have been reported as giving good results in infectious, but also auto-immune related forms of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), but only in…Abstract Number: 1243 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Macrophage Activation Syndrome Complicating Adult Onset Still’s Disease – Single Center Experience and Literature Review
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life threatening complication typically associated with hematologic malignancies and infections. HLH, also referred to as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS),…Abstract Number: 1235 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Recovery of Renal Function after Corticosteroid Therapy for IgG4-Related Kidney Disease
Background/Purpose: In our earlier study of IgG4-related kidney disease (IgG4-RKD), we found that renal dysfunction, which was mostly attributable to IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis, was significantly…Abstract Number: 928 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
A Multinational Study of the Epidemiology, Treatment and Outcome of Childhood Arthritis: Preliminary Data from 6,940 Patients
Background/Purpose The epidemiology of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is known to be variable worldwide and the therapeutic approach to JIA is not standardized. Moreover, the…
