Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2648 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prednisone Is a Risk Factor for Incident Depression in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Xiangyang Huang¹, Laurence S. Magder² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Sichuan University School of Medicine, Sichuan, China, ²Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Depression affects as many as 30% of SLE patients. Most studies of risk factors for depression among SLE patients have been cross-sectional, and thus…
Abstract Number: 2647 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Incident Seizure in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Xiangyang Huang¹, Laurence S. Magder² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Sichuan University School of Medicine, Sichuan, China, ²Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: We identified the rate and risk factors for first occurrences of seizure based on a large closely followed longitudinal cohort of patients with systemic…
Abstract Number: 2622 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic LUPUS Erythematosus in Spanish Males
Anne Riveros-Frutos¹, Irma Casas², Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³, José Maria Pego-Reigosa⁴, M. Jesús García de Yebenes⁵, Alejandro Olivé⁶, Jose Rosas⁷, Paloma Vela⁸, Monica Ibanez Barcelo⁹, Vicente Torrente¹⁰, Ivan Castellvi¹¹, Javier Narváez¹², Mireia Moreno¹³, R. Blanco Alonso¹⁴, Víctor Martínez Taboada¹⁵, Jaime Calvo-Alen¹⁶, Mª Angeles Aguirre¹⁷, Mercedes Freire¹⁸, Enrique Raya¹⁹, Celia Erausquin²⁰, Esther Uriarte²¹, Elvira Díez Álvarez²², Tomás Vázquez Rodríguez²³, Antonio Fernández Nebro²⁴, Eva Tomero²⁵, Paloma García de la Peña²⁶, Ana Sánchez Atrio²⁷, Monica Fernández de Castro²⁸, Antonio Zea²⁹, Patricia Richi³⁰, Francisco Lopez Longo³¹, María Galindo-Izquierdo³², Patricia Carreira³³, Gema Bonilla³⁴, Carlos Marras Fernández Cid³⁵, Maria Loreto Horcada³⁶, Carlos Montilla³⁷, Blanca Hernández-Cruz³⁸, José Marenco de la Fuente³⁹, Marian Gantes⁴⁰, Olaia Fernández Berrizbeitia⁴¹, Juan J. Alegre⁴², Ángela Pecondón Español⁴³, Manuel Rodríguez-Gómez⁴⁴, Victor Quevedo⁴⁵, José Hernández Beiraín⁴⁶ and Lucía Silva Fernández⁴⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Research Unit of the SER, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa. Villajoyosa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital General de Alicante. Spain, Alicante, Spain, ⁹H. Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Unitat de Reumatologia., Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Sierrallana. Torrelavega. Spain, Torrelavega, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Dr, Negrín, Las Palmas Gran Canarias, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Donosti, San Sebastian, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital de León. Spain, León, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Carlos Haya. Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases/Rheumatology department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Puerta del Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ³¹Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³²Rheumatology, Hospital 12 de octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³⁴Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ³⁶Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ³⁸Rheumatology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ³⁹Rheumatology, Hospital de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ⁴¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁴²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain, ⁴³Rheumatology, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ⁴⁴Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁴⁵Rheumatology, Hospital de Monforte, Lugo, Spain, ⁴⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas Gran Canarias, Spain, ⁴⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain

Background/Purpose: To describe the demographic, clinical and immunological manifestations in male patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(SLE) Methods: Patients diagnosed of SLE that were in the…
Abstract Number: 1859 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Age-Specific Predictors of Mortality in SLE
Dominique Ibanez¹, Dafna D. Gladman² and Murray B. Urowitz², ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Mortality is 3 to 5 times greater in SLE patients then it is in the general population – especially among younger patients where it…
Abstract Number: 1652 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis and Ethnic Disparities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Adnan Kiani¹, Laurence S. Magder² and Michelle Petri³, ¹1830 E Monument St, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis eventually occurs in 50% of Caucasian SLE patients and 75% of African-Americans. African Americans have a more severe presentation of SLE and…
Abstract Number: 1320 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Risk Factors for Thrombosis in Pediatric Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kyla D. Driest¹, Mollie S. Sturm², Sarah H. O'Brien³, Charles H. Spencer⁴ and Stacy P. Ardoin⁵, ¹Rheumatology, OSU Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Hematology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a higher thrombotic risk compared to the general population, and arterial and venous thromboses impart substantial morbidity…
Abstract Number: 1079 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Gihyun Myung¹, Lindsy J. Forbess², Mariko L. Ishimori², Sumeet Chugh¹, Daniel Wallace¹ and Michael H. Weisman¹, ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Although the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (0.5-1%) and QT prolongation…
Abstract Number: 873 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Second Messenger, Cyclic GMP-AMP Dinucleotide (cGAMP) and the Enzyme, Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase (cGAS), Are Expressed in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jie An¹, Joshua Woodward², Reynold Karr³, Thomas H. Teal⁴ and Keith B. Elkon¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The type I IFNs (IFN-I), are strongly associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). It is generally considered that IFN-I is induced by immune complexes…
Abstract Number: 700 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased Lung Diffusion Capacity in Asymptomatic Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Does Not Predict Future Lung Disease
Ofir Elalouf¹, Elizabeth Fireman², David Levartovsky¹, Ilana Kaufman¹, Ori Rogovski³, Ori Elkayam¹, Dan Caspi¹ and Daphna Paran¹, ¹Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Pulmonary and Allergic diseases, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ³Internal Medicine ward, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose In a previous study, performed 9±3.6 years ago 74 asymptomatic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and or antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who fulfilled the…
Abstract Number: 597 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Complement (C3), Male Gender and Methotrexate Use Are Associated With Noncalcified Plaque In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Adnan Kiani¹, Armin Zadeh², Jens Vogel-Claussen¹, Joao Lima², Laurence S. Magder³ and Michelle Petri¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: New technology (CTA) can measure non-calcified coronary plaque (NCP), which is highly unstable and prone to rupture. We quantified NCP in SLE and determined…
Abstract Number: 574 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Oral Candidiasis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Monthida Fangtham, Hong Fang and Michelle Petri, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Candida is the most common opportunistic fungal infection identified in SLE. In a previous autopsy study, 14 percent of deaths in SLE patients were…
Abstract Number: 2899 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcome Of Incidental Silent Strokes In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jamal Mikdashi, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Silent strokes are brain infarcts that lack clinically overt stroke-like symptoms and fail to come to clinical attention. The prevalence of incidentally detected acute/subacute…
Abstract Number: 2738 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microrna-Mediated Regulation Explains Allelic Risk Of TLR7 Variant Predisposing To Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
Yun Deng¹, Jian Zhao¹, Jennifer M. Grossman² and Betty P. Tsao¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: We identified a genome-wide significant association of the TLR7 variant (rs3853839) with SLE susceptibility in multiple ancestries (Pmeta =2.0×10-19, OR =1.25), and the risk…
Abstract Number: 2505 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Disease Damage Among African Americans With Familial Versus Sporadic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
April Barnado¹, Lee Wheless², Stephanie Slan¹, Gary S. Gilkeson¹ and Diane L. Kamen¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Studies in predominantly Caucasian cohorts have found no significant clinical or serologic differences in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with a family history of…
Abstract Number: 1583 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serositis In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence, Recurrence, Treatment and Outcome
Mansour Somaily¹, Dafna D. Gladman², Dominique Ibanez² and Murray B. Urowitz², ¹Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Serositis is one of the ACR classification criteria for SLE. Its incidence is variable in studies varying from 12 to 60%. The aim of…

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