Abstracts tagged "systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 783 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Differences in Chromatin Architecture in Treatment Naïve Pediatric Lupus Patients
Joyce Hui-Yuen¹, Frank Jenkins ², Kaiyu Jiang ³, Susan Malkiel ², Betty Diamond ⁴ and James N. Jarvis ⁵, ¹Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, ²Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, ³University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, ⁵University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
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 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
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
Sara Haro¹, Erica Lawson ² and Aimee Hersh ³, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Worsening Disease Activity and Inability to Taper Corticosteroids in an Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Pediatric-Onset Lupus Patients After Transition to Adult Care
Marla Guzman¹, B.Anne Eberhard ¹ and Joyce Hui-Yuen ¹, ¹Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
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…