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ACR/ARHP Poster Session B
Apparato Locomotore, AOU Policlinico di Modena, Modena,
Italy, 12 Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology,
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology,
University of Bari, Medical School, Bari, Italy, 13 CHU Pitié-
Salpêtrière, Paris, France, 14 University Medical Centre
Ljubjana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 15 Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy,
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Internal Medicine Unit, Policlinico San Marco, Bergamo,
Italy, 17 viale Morgagni 8 5 , Florence, Italy, 18 Rheumatology
Unit, M. Scarlato Hospital, Scafati, Salerno, Italy,
19
Hematology, S.Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy, 20 Clinique
Saint-Jean, Brussels, Belgium, 21 Oskar-Alexander-Street
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, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, 22 Rheumatology Unit, Pisa,
Italy, 23 Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Università di
Milano c/o Ospedale L. Sacco, Milano, Italy
1530. Comparison of Clinical and Laboratory characteristics
of Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Associated with Primary
Sjӧgren’s Syndrome and Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Svetlana G. Palshina 1 and Vladimir I. Vasiljev 2 , 1 Scientific
research institute of rheumatology of RAMS, Moscow,
Russia, 2 Scientific research institute of rheumatology of
RAMS, Moscow, Russia, Moscow, Russia
1531. Childhood Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Prevalence
and Treatment of Airway Stenosis. Nicole M. Fowler 1 ,
Jocelyn M. Beach 2 , Paul Krakovitz 1 and Steven J. Spalding 1 ,
1
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2 Cleveland Clinic Lerner
College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH
1532. Comparison of CNS Vasculitis in Children and Adults:
Is This the Same Disease Entity Marinka Twilt 1 , Tania
Cellucci 2 , Carlo Salvarani 3 , Gene G. Hunder 4 and Susanne
M. Benseler 1 , 1 The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON,
2
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, 3 Arcispedale S
Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 4 Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
1533. CIRCULATING LEVELS of Klotho In Kawasaki DISEASE: A
POSSIBLE NEW MARKER of Vascular DAMAGE Fernanda
Falcini 1 , Laura Masi 2 , Francesco Franceschelli 2 , Gigliola
Leoncini 2 , Serena Capannini 1 , Francesco La Torre 3 , Marco
Matucci Cerinic 1 and Maria Luisa Brandi 2 , 1 Department
of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Transition
Clinic, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, 2 Department
of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Unit, University of
Florence, Firenze, Italy, 3 DIMIMP-University Rheumatologic
Section, Policlinico of University, Bari, Italy
1534. Vessel Remodeling in Childhood Primary CNS Vasculitis:
Impact of Corticosteroid Therapy. Gordon S. Soon, Ivanna
Yau, Derek Armstrong, Pascal N. Tyrrell, Suzanne Laughlin,
Gabrielle deVeber and Susanne M. Benseler, The Hospital
for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
1535. Systemic Vasculitis and Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal
Outcome of 20 Prospectively Followed Pregnancies.
Micaela Fredi 1 , Marta Mosca 2 , Tamara Ziglioli 1 , Chiara Tani 2 ,
Matteo Filippini 1 , Francesca Strigini 2 , Laura Andreoli 1 , Cinzia
Casu 1 , Mario Motta 3 , Andrea Lojacono 4 and Angela Tincani 1 ,
1
Rheumatology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy,
2
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 3 Neonathology and NICU,
Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, 4 Obstetric and Gynecology of
Brescia, Brescia, Italy
1536. Infertility Among Patients with Vasculitis. Megan E. B.
Clowse 1 , Rachel Richesson 2 , Carl Pieper 1 , Peter A. Merkel 3
and Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium 4 , 1 Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2 University of South
Florida, Tampa, FL, 3 Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, 4 Boston
1537. Pregnancy in Men and Women with Vasculitis. Megan
E. B. Clowse 1 , Rachel Richesson 2 , Carl Pieper 1 , Peter A.
Merkel 3 and Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium 4 , 1 Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2 University of South
Florida, Tampa, FL, 3 Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, 4 Boston
ARHP Epidemiology and Public Health
1538. The Impact of Pain on Successful Ageing. Ross Wilkie 1 ,
Abdelouahid Tajar 2 and John McBeth 1 , 1 Keele University,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom, 2 University of
Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
1539. Not So Golden Years: Older (≥65 years) Women with
Arthritis Are Employed Least and Disabled Most. Kristina A.
Theis 1 and Sylvia Furner 2 , 1 Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2 University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL
1540. A Population-Based Study Comparing the Impact
of Arthritis and Chronic Joint Symptoms: Are There
Implications for Arthritis Education and Health Care
Mayilee Canizares 1 and E. M. Badley 2 , 1 Toronto Western
Research Institute, Toronto, ON, 2 Health Care and Outcomes
Research, Toronto Western Research Institute; Dalla Lana
School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1541. Does Important Improvement in Function After Knee
Replacement Guarantee Good Absolute Function. Jessica
L. Maxwell 1 , David T. Felson 2 , Jingbo Niu 2 , Barton Wise 3 ,
Michael C. Nevitt 4 , Jasvinder Singh 5 , Laura Frey-Law 6 and
Tuhina Neogi 2 , 1 Boston University, Boston, MA, 2 Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 3 Ctr for Healthy
Aging-UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, 4 University of California-
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 5 University of Alabama
at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center,
Birmingham, AL, 6 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1542. Patterns of WOMAC Function in People with or At High
Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Uyen Sa D. Nguyen 1 , Bin Zhang 2 , Jingbo Niu 1 , Daniel K.
White 1 and Yuqing Zhang 1 , 1 Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA, 2 Boston Univ School of Medicine,
Boston, MA
1543. Disease Impact of Osteoarthritis in Hands, Hip, Knee or
Generalized Osteoarthritis - a Cross Sectional Study. Rikke
Helene Moe 1 , Margreth Grotle 1 , Ingvild Kjeken 2 , Kåre Birger
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