Abstract Number: 727 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survival and Clinical-Capillaroscopic Characteristics of French Canadian Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Analysis Based on Systemic Sclerosis Autoantibodies and the Novel Anti-BICD2 Autoantibody
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) autoantibodies (aAbs) are invaluable for SSc diagnosis and prognosis. Anti-centromere (ACA), anti-topoisomerase I (ATA) and anti-RNA polymerase III (RNAP) have been…Abstract Number: 2691 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Circulating Cadherin-11 Levels in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic systemic disease characterized by skin and internal organs fibrosis along with vasculopathy. Previous studies have reported increased cadherin-11…Abstract Number: 728 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Symptoms of Autonomic Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis Assessed By the Compass-31 Questionnaire
Background/Purpose: Autonomic dysfunction is a known complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and can affect vascular tone, gastrointestinal (GI) motility, and heart rate and blood pressure…Abstract Number: 2695 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Latent Profile Analysis-Derived Typologies of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Body Image Indicators: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: A common and distressing manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc, or scleroderma) is disfigurement in socially relevant areas of the body, including the face and…Abstract Number: 733 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ethnic Variation in Systemic Sclerosis Morbidity and Mortality
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an uncommon connective tissue disease characterized by pathological skin thickening and can involve multiple internal organs. Ethnic variations in SSc…Abstract Number: 2696 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Things Left Unsaid: Important Topics That Are Not Discussed between Patients with Systemic Sclerosis, Their Carers and Their Healthcare Professionals
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a serious rare condition that can be complicated by internal organ damage including interstitial lung fibrosis (SSc-ILD), which is a…Abstract Number: 737 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Prediction of Pulmonary Hypertension Development in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Using Landmark Analysis – Comparison of Two Models
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) contributes substantially to systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related morbidity and mortality. It tends to develop later in the disease, creating an opportunity for…Abstract Number: 2982 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Morbidity and Mortality of Scleroderma in African Americans
Background/Purpose: Retrospective cohorts have demonstrated that African Americans (AAs) with scleroderma are more likely to have severe disease and higher mortality than non-AAs. A prior…Abstract Number: 761 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Expression of the TNF Superfamily Member LIGHT/TNFSF14 and Its Receptor (TNFRSF14) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: The TNF Superfamily member LIGHT (TNFSF14) regulates immune response and angiogenesis. Moreover, recent studies indicate that interactions of LIGHT with its receptor, TNFRSF14, might…Abstract Number: 775 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Ssc Gene Expression Subtypes
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease characterized by substantial genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity. Four molecular gene expression subsets have been identified from SSc…Abstract Number: 919 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA Type Imputation in the Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) Cohort Reveals Strong Associations of African Ancestry MHC Class II Types with Scleroderma and Lack of Class I HLA Type Associations
Background/Purpose: The Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) consortium was created to obtain a collection of African American (AA) scleroderma patients to facilitate…Abstract Number: 1248 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Validated Patient Reported Outcome Measures to Assess Sensitivity to Change in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease —a Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Collaborative Project
Background/Purpose: The UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 and NIH PROMIS GI Symptoms Scales are validated in scleroderma to assess patient-reported gastrointestinal (GI) involvement. We sought to…Abstract Number: 1676 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Sensitivity to Change of the Modified Rodnan Skin Score over Time
Background/Purpose: The Modified Rodnan Skin Score (MRSS) assesses global dermal thickness through the examination of 17 body areas scored by clinical palpation using a 4…Abstract Number: 6L • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myeloablative Autologous Transplantation of CD34+ -Selected Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCT) Vs Monthly Intravenous Cyclophosphamide (CYC) for Severe Scleroderma with Internal Organ Involvement: Outcomes of a Randomized North American Clinical Trial
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic options for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) are limited. The Scleroderma: Cyclophosphamide or Transplantation (SCOT) trial was a multicenter study designed to…Abstract Number: 1880 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Large Proportion of Patients in an Early Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Cohort Have Coexisting Pulmonary Hypertension
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-organ system disease manifested by fibrosis, vascular damage and dysregulation of the immune system. The leading causes of death…
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