Abstracts tagged "prognostic factors and activity score"

Abstract Number: 459 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
The Effects of Erythrocytes and Platelets on Disease Activity in Patients with RA – ANSWER Longitudinal Cohort Study –
Akira Onishi¹, Kengo Akashi ¹, Sadao Jinno ², Yonsu Son ³, Hideki Amuro ³, Toru Hirano ⁴, Yuichi Maeda ⁵, Motomu Hashimoto ⁶, Wataru Yamamoto ⁶, Kosaku Murakami ⁶, Ryota Hara ⁷, Masanori Katayama ⁸, Tohru Takeuchi ⁹, Takuya Kotani ⁹, Jun Saegusa ¹ and Akio Morinobu ¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁷The Center for Rheumatic Disease, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Experimental models suggested both erythrocytes and platelets activated immune cells and enhanced inflammation in inflammatory arthritis. Although previous cross-sectional studies showed the form and…