Abstract Number: 783 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Differences in Chromatin Architecture in Treatment Naïve Pediatric Lupus Patients
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease likely triggered by gene-environment interactions. We have shown that most of the SLE-associated haplotypes encompass genomic…Abstract Number: 1726 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity and Health Care Utilization Among Young Adults with Childhood-onset Lupus Transitioning to Adult Care: Follow-Up Data from the Pediatric Lupus Outcomes Study
Background/Purpose: Individuals with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) must transfer from pediatric to adult health care as they enter adulthood. Previous analyses of the Pediatric…Abstract Number: 1727 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Worsening Disease Activity and Inability to Taper Corticosteroids in an Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Pediatric-Onset Lupus Patients After Transition to Adult Care
Background/Purpose: Transition of pediatric lupus (pSLE) patients from pediatric to adult rheumatology care is historically difficult and challenging. Although our division routinely assesses for transition…