B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

ACR Poster Session A
465. Immunoglobulin Levels as Potential Predictors of Response to
B-Cell Depletion (BCD). Sara C. Croca 1 and David A. Isenberg 2 ,
1
Hospital de Santa Maria, Department of Medicine 1 , Lisbon,
Portugal, 2 UCL Div of Medicine, Room 331 , 3 rd Floor, London,
United Kingdom.
466. Influenza Humoral Immune Responses in Patients with
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Evan Glenn Vista 3 , Sherry
Crowe 2 , Linda Thompson 2 , Gillian Air 4 and Judith A. James 1 ,
1
Oklahoma Med Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK,
2
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 3 Oklahoma Medical
Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 4 University of
Oklahoma Health Science Center.
467. Low-Dose Combination of Mycophenolate Mofetil and
Tacrolimus for Refractory Lupus Nephritis: An Open-Labeled
Trial. Chi Chiu Mok, Chi Hung To, Pak To Chan, Ka Lung Yu and
Ling Yin Ho, Tuen Mun Hospital.
468. Lupus Disease Severity Is Not a Risk for Cervical Intraepithelial
Neoplasia in SLE. J. Patricia Dhar 3 , Lucie Gregoire 3 , Wayne
Lancaster 3 , Azadeh Stark 1 , Ann Schwartz 3 , Daniel Schultz 2 ,
Lynnette Essenmacher 3 , Joel Ager 3 , Lisa Chiodo 3 , Mujitaba
Husain 3 and Robert J. Sokol 3 , 1 Geisinger Health Systems,
Danville, PA, 2 Hernry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, MI, 3 Wayne
State University, Detroit, MI.
469. Lupus Nephritis: Decrease in Proteinuria and Sustained
Stabilization of Disease Activity in Patients under Prolonged
Immunoadsorption (IAS). Georg H. Stummvoll 2 , Peter
Biesenbach 1 , Sabine Schmaldienst 1 , Josef Smolen 3 and Kurt
Derfler 1 , 1 Dept. of Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna,
Austria, 2 Dept. of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria, 3 Dept. of Rheumatology, Medical University of
Vienna, Austria.
470. Peripheral Vascular Disease in Systemic Lupus Patients.
Rayford June 3 , Robert C. Gilkeson 1 , Shweta Bhatt 4 and Lisabeth
Scalzi 2 , 1 Case Western Reserve University, 2 Penn State Univ
Hershey Medical, Hershey, PA, 3 Penn State Univ Hershey
Medical, 4 University of Rochester.
471. PiHDL and High Plasma Leptin Levels Are Predictors of
Longitudinal Progression of Subclincal Atherosclerosis in SLE.
Maureen A. McMahon 5 , Jennifer M. Grossman 7 , Lori Sahakian 5 ,
Brian Skaggs 5 , John D. FitzGerald 6 , Christina Charles-Schoeman 3 ,
Alan H. Gorn 4 , Michael H. Weisman 2 , Daniel J. Wallace 1 and
Bevra H. Hahn 8 , 1 West Hollywood, CA, 2 Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, CA, 3 UCLA, Santa Monica, CA, 4 UCLA
Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 5 UCLA School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, CA, 6 UCLA School of Medicine Rehabilitation, Los
Angeles, CA, 7 University of California Los Angeles, Sherman
Oaks, CA, 8 University of California Los Angeles School of
Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
472. Positivity for Anti-RNP Antibody Is a Risk Factor for Adverse
Effects by Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole, a Prophylaxis
Agent of P. jiroveci Pneumonia, in Patients with Collagen-
Vasular Diseases. Reika Maezawa 1 , Kazuhiro Kurasawa 2 ,
Satoko Arai 2 , Takayoshi Owada 2 and Takeshi Fukuda 2 , 1 Clinical
Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan,
2
Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan.
473. Potential Risk Factors for Lupus Nephritis. Mehrnaz Hojjati 3 ,
Semi Ayub 4 , Qi Wang 5 , Timothy W. Behrens 2 , Emily Gillespie 5
and Michelle A. Petri 1 , 1 Timonium, MD, 2 Genentech Inc, South
San Francisco, CA, 3 Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 4 Univ
of Minnesota, Little Canada, MN, 5 Univ of Minnesota.
474. Predictors of Rate of Progression in Organ Damage in SLE.
Sneha Purvey 2 , Laurence S. Magder 3 , Hong Fang 2 and Michelle
A. Petri 1 , 1 Timonium, MD, 2 Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, 3 University of Maryland School of Medicine.
475. Pregnancy Outcomes among African American Patients with
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Compared to Controls.
April Barnado 1 , Lee Wheless 4 , Anna K. Meyer 4 , Gary S. Gilkeson 2
and Diane L. Kamen 3 , 1 Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
NC, 2 Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 3 Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 4 Medical University
of South Carolina.
476. Prevalence and Persistence of Metabolic Syndrome in a
Multicentre International Inception Cohort of Patients with
SLE. Murray B. Urowitz 34 , Dafna D. Gladman 22 , Dominique
Ibanez 33 , Ian N. Bruce 13 , Caroline P. Gordon 30 , Sang-Cheol Bae 6 ,
Ann E. Clarke 15 , Sasha R. Bernatsky 15 , F. Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero 9 ,
John G. Hanly 19 , David A. Isenberg 25 , Anisur Rahman 24 , Paul R.
Fortin 27 , Daniel J. Wallace 1 , Ellen M. Ginzler 20 , Joan T. Merrill 18 ,
Graciela S. Alarcón 29 , Barri J. Fessler 23 , Gunnar K. Sturfelt 28 , Ola
Nived 28 , Kristjan Steinsson 12 , Munther A. Khamashta 21 , Michelle
A. Petri 2 , Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman 17 , Susan Manzi 35 , Mary
Anne Dooley 32 , Ronald V. Vollenhoven 11 , Cynthia B. Aranow 4 ,
Thomas Stoll 10 , Manuel Ramos 7 , Kenneth C. Kalunian 26 , Asad
A. Zoma 5 , Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza 8 , Peter J. Maddison 16 , Diane
L. Kamen 14 , S. Sam Lim 3 and Christine A. Peschken 31 , 1 West
Hollywood, CA, 2 Timonium, MD, 3 Emory University, Atlanta,
GA, 4 Feinstein Institute, Manhasset, NY, 5 Hairmyres Hospital,
East Kilbride, United Kingdom, 6 Hanyang University Medical
Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 7 Hospital Clinico I Provincial,
8
Hospital de Cruces, Universidad del Pais Vasco, 9 Instituto
Nacional Nutricion, Mexico City, DF, Mexico, 10 Kantonsspital
Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 11 Karolinska University
Hospital, 12 Landspitalinn University Hospital, 13 Manchester Royal
Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom, 14 Medical University
of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 15 Montreal General Hospital,
Montreal, QC, Canada, 16 North West Wales NHS Trust, Colwyn
Bay, United Kingdom, 17 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL,
18
Oklahoma Med Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK,
19
Queen Elizabeth II Health Services Center, Halifax, NS, Canada,
20
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 21 The Rayne
Institute, London, United Kingdom, 22 Toronto Western Hospital,
Toronto, ON, Canada, 23 UAB Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL,
24
UCL Div of Medicine, 25 UCL Div of Medicine, London, United
Kingdom, 26 UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 27 Univerity of
Toronto Lupus Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON,
Canada, 28 University Hospital Lund, Lund, Sweden, 29 University
of Alabama, Oakland, CA, 30 University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, United Kingdom, 31 University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 32 University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 33 University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Toronto
Western Hospital, 34 University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Toronto
Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 35 West Penn Allegheny
Health System, Pittsburgh, PA.
477. Risk of Renal Flares and Decline in Renal Function in Patients
with Active Lupus Nephritis Treated with Mycophenolate
Mofetil (MMF). Chi Chiu Mok 2 , King Yee Ying 1 , Cheuk Wan Yim 3
and Woon Leung Ng 3 , 1 Princess Margaret Hospital, 2 Tuen Mun
Hospital, 3 United Christian Hospital.
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