Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 938 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hospitalizations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Longitudinal Study
Hong Fang¹, Jie Xu² and Michelle Petri¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Hospitalizations are one of the major direct costs in SLE. A review of studies looking at the contributions of different medical components to the…
Abstract Number: 605 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Incidence of Herpes Zoster Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Eliza F. Chakarvarty¹, Kaleb Michaud², Robert S. Katz³ and Frederick Wolfe⁴, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, CA, ²Rheumatology, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁴National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS
Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is the painful reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus infection. The incidence of HZ may be increased in some autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 2257 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Low Vitamin D with High Disease Activity in an Australian Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort
Kristy S. Yap¹, Alberta Y. Hoi² and Eric F. Morand², ¹Rheumatology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia, ²Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Previous cross-sectional studies suggest that low vitamin D may be associated with higher disease activity in SLE. Vitamin D status varies with geographic location…
Abstract Number: 940 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in England, 1998-2010
Herve Caspard¹, Amy Steffey², Jie Li² and Trung N. Tran², ¹Epidemiology, Clinical Development, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ²Epidemiology, Clinical Development, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic auto-immune disease associated with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and increased mortality. The most recent data…
Abstract Number: 2683 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon-Associated Cytokine and Chemokine Expression in Patients with Serologically Active Clinically Quiescent (SACQ) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Amanda J. Steiman¹, Murray B. Urowitz², Dominique Ibanez², Carolina Landolt-Marticorena³, Dafna D. Gladman⁴ and Joan E. Wither⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵1E420/Div of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Interferon-α (IFN-α) plays a prominent pro-inflammatory role in SLE. Studies suggest clinical/serologic discordance may illuminate SLE pathophysiology: peripheral IFN-α production is blunted in autoantibody-producing,…
Abstract Number: 2260 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum DNAse I Anti DNAse I Antibodies , CRP and Antibodies to CRP Relation to Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Eryhtematous: Longitudinal Studies
Ramnath Misra¹, Avadesh Pratap², Amit Singh¹ and Amita Aggarwal¹, ¹Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Clinical Immunlogy, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Technician, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Defective clearance of both nuclesomes and immune complexes has been suggested to intiate and perpetuate the disease. Defects in DNAse I gene in mice have shown SLE like symptoms,…
Abstract Number: 942 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validity and Reliability of the Lupus Damage Index Questionnaire (LDIQ): A Prospective Study
Yuko Okamoto, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Sayumi Baba, Kae Takagi, Hisae Ichida, Takahisa Gono, Masanori Hanaoka, Yuko Ota and Hisashi Yamanaka, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index (SDI) is a validated instrument for assessing organ damage in systemic lupus…

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