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360 SELF-MONITORING OF BLOODS AND SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS RECEIVING METHOTREXATE.
KM Mitchell 1,3 , AL Mandeville 1 , J Manson 2 , A Olaleye 2 , M Shipley 2 , SP Newman 1 . 1
Centre for
Behavioural and Social Sciences in Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom;
2
Department of Rheumatology, University College Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom;
3
Department of Psychology, Thames Valley University, London, United Kingdom
361 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN INDIA: ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
IN RELATION TO DISEASE ACTIVITY.
GS Bedi 1 , N Gupta 1 , H Pal 2 , RM Pandey 3 , R Handa 4 . 1
Undergraduate Student, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India; 2 Dept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India; 3 Dept. of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, Delhi, India; 4 Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Service, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
362 MUSCLE STRENGTH INDEX IS AN OBJECTIVE INDICATOR OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
NB Ursol 1 , MA Stanislavchuk 2 . 1
Rheumatology, Khmelnytsky District Hospital, Khmelnytsky,
Ukraine; 2 Rheumatology, National Medical University, Vinnytcia, Ukraine
363 ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF THE MCP’S: AN OBJECTIVE DISEASE ACTIVITY MEASURE IN
PATIENTS WITH EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
Z Karim, MA Quinn, PG Conaghan, RJ Wakefield, AK Brown, A Fraser, P Emery. Academic Unit of
Musculoskeletal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
364 FOOT INVOLVEMENT, DISEASE ACTIVITY AND DISABILITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
SJ Farrow, B Khoshaba, DL Scott, EHS Choy. Academic Department of Rheumatology, Guy’s,
King’s College and St Thomas Hospitals School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
365 IS DAS 28 OBJECTIVE ENOUGH FOR MEASURING DISEASE ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS BEFORE STARTING BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES? : AN ULTRASOUND STUDY
RJ Wakefield, Y Seto, KO Kong, D Loeuille, MH Buch, D Bryer, V Bejarano, AK Brown, Z Karim, P
Emery. Department of Rheumatology, Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds General
Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
366 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DISEASE SEVERITY, TREATMENT MODALITIES AND
DEPRESSION IN AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH CAUCASIAN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS.
CE Neville 1 , W Hassan 2 , K Gibson 1 . 1
Rheumatology, Liverpool Hopsital, South West Sydney, NSW,
Australia; 2 Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, United
Kingdom
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: CARDIOVASCULAR (367 – 382)
367 THE INFLUENCE OF ELEVATED CRP AND NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
ON CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY POLYARTHRITIS.
NJ Goodson 1 , M Lunt 1 , D Bunn 2 , AJ Silman 1 , DPM Symmons 1 . 1
ARC Epidemiology Unit,
Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2 Norfolk Arthritis Register, Norfolk and
Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom
368 CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN AN INCEPTION COHORT OF
PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
NJ Goodson 1 , M Lunt 1 , JS Marks 2 , DPM Symmons 1 . 1
ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of
Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Rheumatology, Stepping Hill Hospital,
Stockport, United Kingdom
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