B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

ACR/ARHP Poster Session B
1306. Plasma Fibrinogen Is More Specific Than Either ESR or CRP
for Confirmation of Response to Treatment in Patients with
Active Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Eoghan M. McCarthy 2 , Paul A.
MacMullan 4 , Shibeb Al-Mudhaffer 4 , Anne Madigan 4 , Suzanne
Donnelly 4 , Conor J. McCarthy 3 , Eamonn S. Molloy 5 and Geraldine
M. McCarthy 1 , 1 Mater Misericordiae Univ. Hosp, Dublin,
Ireland, 2 Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin,
Ireland, 3 Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin,
Ireland, 4 Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 5 St Vincent’s
University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
1307. Prevalence of Behçet’s Disease in Southern Sweden. Aladdin
Mohammad 1 , Thomas Mandl 3 , Gunnar K. Sturfelt 2 and Mårten
Segelmark 2 , 1 Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden, 2 Skåne
University Hospital, Lund, Lund, Sweden, 3 Skåne University
Hospital, Malmö, Malmö, Sweden.
1308. Safe, Rapid-Onset, and Sustained Biological Activity of IL-1β
Regulating Antibody XOMA 052 in Resistant Uveitis of Behçet’s
Disease: Results of a Pilot Trial. Ahmet Gül 2 , Bahar Artim-
Esen 2 , Alan M. Solinger 4 , Linda Giustino 4 , Charles Dinarello 3 and
Ilknur M. Tugal-Tutkun 1 , 1 Istanbul, Turkey, 2 Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey, 3 University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4 XOMA
(US) LLC, Berkeley, CA.
1309. Serum Hepcidin Is Elevated in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
and Is Inversely Associated with Serum Iron Levels. Curry L.
Koening 2 , Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez 1 , Marc Corbera-Bellalta 1 ,
Maria C. Cid 1 , Bradley Katz 3 and Ivana De Domenico 3 , 1 University
of Barcelona, 2 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3 University
of Utah.
1310. Severe and Opportunistic Infections during Giant Cell Arteritis
Course: A Case-Control Study. Javier Narvaez 3 , Laura López
Vives 1 , Paula Estrada 2 , Nuria del Castillo 4 , Montserrat Robustillo 4
and Joan Miquel Nolla 4 , 1 Daprtment of Rheumatology, Hospital
Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 2 Department
of Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, 3 Department of
Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona,
Spain, 4 Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario
de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Spain, 5 Department of
Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona,
Spain.
1311. Significance of “Healed Arteritis” (HA) on Temporal Artery
Biopsy. Rahul Sehgal, Elise Belilos, Matthew Geller, Lorna
Ogden, Steven E. Carsons and George K. Turi, Winthrop
University Hospital, Mineola, NY.
1312. Some Manifestations Disappear Earlier Than Others in
Behcet’s Syndrome (BS). Sevgi F. Sacli 2 , Emire Seyahi 4 , Yilmaz
Ozyazgan 3 , Cem Mat 1 and Hasan Yazici 4 , 1 Cerrahpasa Medical
Faculty, Dermatology Department, Turkey, 2 Cerrahpasa Medical
Faculty, Internal Medicine Department, Turkey, 3 Cerrahpasa
Medical Faculty, Ophthalmology Department, Turkey,
4
Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology Department,
Turkey.
1313. Takayasu’s Arteritis Is Associated with HLA-B*52, but Not with
B*51, in Turkey. Turkish Takayasu Study Group, Turkey.
1314. Treatment with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
(ACEI) or Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARA) Is
Associated with Higher Frequency of Ischemic Complications
but Better Response to Therapy in Patients with Giant-Cell
Arteritis (GCA). Marco A. Alba 3 , Ana Garcia-Martinez 1 , Georgina
Espigol-Frigole 3 , Itziar Tavera 2 , Montserrat Butjosa 3 , Sergio
Prieto-Gonzalez 5 , Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez 4 and Maria C. Cid 2 ,
1
Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain,
2
Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona,
Spain, 3 Systemic Autoimmune Diseases. Hospital Clinic,
Barcelona, Spain, 4 Systemic Autoimmune Diseases. Hospital
Clininc, Barcelona, Spain, 5 Systemic Autoimmune Diseases.
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
1315. Use of Peri-Operative Glucocorticoids and Post-Operative
Complications in Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis Undergoing
Vascular Surgical Procedures. Bijal A. Jayakar 1 , Gary S. Hoffman 3
and Carol A. Langford 2 , 1 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
2
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 3 Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Pepper Pike, OH.
ARHP Poster Session B: Osteoporosis
1316. Application of the Generalizability Theory for Determining
Inter-Rater and Inter-Trial Reliability of Spine Curvature
Measures in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis of the
Spine Using the Flexicurve Ruler and the Digital Inclinometer.
Norma J. MacIntyre 1 , Lisa Bennett 2 , Alison Bonnyman 2 and Paul
W. Stratford 2 , 1 McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada,
2
McMaster University.
1317. Baseline Serum Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor Necrosis Factor-α
(TNF-α) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Do Not Predict
Subsequent Hip Bone Loss in Men or Women: The Framingham
Osteoporosis Study. Robert R. McLean 3 , Xiaochun Zhang 4 , Joao
D. T. Fontes 2 , James B. Meigs 7 , L. Adrienne Cupples 1 , Douglas
P. Kiel 5 and Marian T. Hannan 6 , 1 Boston University School of
Public Health, 2 Framingham Heart Study and Boston University,
3
Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, MA, 4 Hebrew SeniorLife, 5 Hebrew
SeniorLife and Harvard Medical School, 6 Hebrew SL & Harvard
Med Sch, Boston, MA, 7 Massachusetts General Hospital.
1318. Development of a Motivational Interviewing Protocol for
Clinical Application in Osteoporosis. Maura D. Iversen 3 , Laura
Rekedal 1 and Daniel Hal Solomon 2 , 1 Boston, MA, 2 Brigham
and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, 3 Northeastern University,
Boston, MA.
1319. Type of Activity Pacing Instruction Affects Physical Activity
Variability in Adults with Symptomatic Knee or Hip
Osteoarthritis. Susan L. Murphy 2 , Dylan M. Smith 1 and Angela
K. Lyden, 1 StonyBrook University, 2 University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI.
ARHP Poster Session B: Behavioral Science
1320. A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study Evaluating
Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors for Post Lyme Disease
Syndrome. Afton L. Hassett 6 , Terry Shlimbaum 2 , Diane C.
Radvanski 4 , David J. Herman 1 , Ronald Nahass 1 , Steven Buyske 3
and Leonard H. Sigal 5 , 1 ID CARE, 2 Phillips-Barber Family Health
Center, 3 Rutgers University, 4 UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, Union City, NJ, 5 UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, 6 University of Michigan Medical School, Ann
Arbor, MI.
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