Abstracts tagged "Psoriatic arthritis and severity"

Abstract Number: 1570 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Psoriatic Arthritis Severity, Duration, and Comorbidities
Stacy Tanner¹, Molly McFadden², Daniel Clegg³ and Jessica Walsh⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Internal Medicine-Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, SLC, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah Medical Ctr, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Rheumatology Room 4B200 School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose People with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased risk for several comorbidities that negatively impact quality of life and survival. Defining the relationships between…
Abstract Number: 624 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide Methylome Investigation Reveals New Candidate Genes Associated with Arthritis Mutilans
Vinod Chandran¹, Darren O'Reilly², Amir Haddad¹, Yuhua Zhang³, Guangju Zhai³, Dianne Codner², Arane Thavaneswaran⁴, Proton Rahman^5,6 and Dafna D. Gladman¹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ³Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, St. Claires Mercy Hospital, St. Johns, NF, Canada, ⁶Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada
Background/Purpose Arthritis mutilans is a severe form of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Why some patients develop this rapidly progressive destructive disease remains unclear. We hypothesized that…
Abstract Number: 351 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Clinical and Radiographic Definitions. A Systematic Review
Amir Haddad¹, Mansour Somaily², Sindhu R. Johnson³, Rouhi Fazelzad⁴, Amie T. Kron⁵, Cathy Chau⁶ and Vinod Chandran⁷, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Health Sciences Libraries - Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Medicine, Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans (PAM) is the most severe form of psoriatic arthritis. Research on PAM has been impeded by the lack of an accepted…