Abstracts tagged "population studies and rheumatic disease"

Abstract Number: 566 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Capillary Blood Based Methotrexate Polyglutamate Assay for Monitoring Low Dose Methotrexate Therapy in Rheumatic Diseases
Thierry Dervieux¹, Kelley Brady¹, Deborah Stimson¹, Ying Qu¹, Tyler O'Malley¹, Robert Apilado¹, Smitha Reddy², Puja Chitkara³, John Conklin¹, Roberta Alexander¹ and Claudia Ibarra¹, ¹Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., Vista, CA, ²Arthritis Care and Research Center, San Diego, CA, ³Center for Arthritis and Rheumatologic Excellence, Chula Vista, CA
Background/Purpose: The red blood cell (RBC) Methotrexate (MTX) polyglutamate (MTXPG3) assay is a helpful therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) tool in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Our objective…
Abstract Number: 1266 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Rheumatologic Diagnoses, Characteristics and Needs of Somali Patients Referred to a Rheumatology Clinic Serving the Somali Population
Elizabeth Miller¹, Elie Gertner², Rosemary Quirk¹ and Maribet McCarty¹, ¹Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ²Section of Rheumatology, Regions Hospital and University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: With the growing immigrant and refugee population in the United States, the landscape of medicine is constantly changing. In order to provide quality healthcare,…