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ACR/ARHP Poster Session C
1945. Circulating Levels of IL6, sIL6-r, sgp130 and Gamma-IFN in
Patients with Hepatitic C Virus Related Arthritis (HCVrA)
and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Angelo Spanò 1 , Loredana
Postiglione 1 , Paola Sabatini 2 , I. Soriente 2 , M.G. Sangiolo 1 , V.
Bruner 1 , Raffaele Scarpa 1 and Antonio Riccio 1 , 1 Federico II
University Medical School, Naples, Italy, 2 Umberto I Hospital,
Nocera Inferiore, Italy
1946. Polyarticular Septic Arthritis: A Case Series. Rajni Kalagate 1 ,
Sherilyn T. McCollum 1 , Charles H. Pritchard 2 and Lawrence
H. Brent 1 , 1 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA,
2
Rheumatic Disease Associates, Willow Grove, PA
1947. Four Novel MEFV Gene Mutations in a Population Where
the Prevalence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
and MEFV Gene Carrier Status Is Very High. Gulay Ozgon 1 ,
Aynur Engin 2 , Gulen Hatemi 3 , Serdal Ugurlu 3 , Elif Akyayla 1 ,
Mehmet Bakir 2 and Huri Ozdogan 3 , 1 Nesiller Genetic Lab,
Istanbul, Turkey, 2 MD,Department of of Infectious Diseases,
Medical Faculty, University of Cumhuriyet, Sivas, Turkey,
3
MD,Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,
Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul,
Turkey
1948. The Effect of CCR5-DELTA-32 Mutation On Chlamydia-
Induced Reactive Arthritis. Jason P. Guthrie 1 , Aasim
Rehman 2 , Herve C. Gerard 3 , Jessica Stanich 4 , Alan P. Hudson 3
and John D. Carter 5 , 1 Springfield, IL, 2 Tampa, FL, 3 Wayne
State Univ Schl of Med, Detroit, MI, 4 Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, 5 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1949. Hyperuricemia, Its Prevalence and Correlation with Age,
Gender, BMI, Co-Morbidities and Metabolic Syndrome
in Anti- Retroviral Naive HIV Cohort. Nirupa J. Patel 1 , Roy
Rajan 1 , Rebecca Clark 2 and Luis R. Espinoza 3 , 1 LSU Health
Sciences Ctr, New Orleans, LA, 2 LSU Health Sciences Center,
New Orleans, 3 LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
1950. Outbreak in Syphilis Presenting As Uveitis. Inés Pérez-
Martín 1 , David de la Hera 1 , Ricardo Blanco 2 , Javier Rueda 1 ,
Carmen Bejerano 2 , Orlando Pompei 1 , Joaquín Cañal 1 ,
Juan Ventosa 1 , Manuel Gutiérrez-Cuadra 1 , Vanesa Calvo 1 ,
Javier Loricera 1 and Miguel Angel González-Gay 1 , 1 Hospital
Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander,
Spain, 2 Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IFIMAV,
Santander, Spain
1951. Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (Anti-CCP) Antibodies
with Brucellosis. Bunyamin Kisacik 1 , Musa Aydinli 1 , Yavuz
Pehlivan 1 , Muhammet sait Dag 1 , Mehmet Sayarlioglu 2 and
Ahmet Mesut Onat 3 , 1 Gaziantep, Turkey, 2 Kahramanmaras,
Turkey, 3 GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITESI, Gaziantep, Turkey
1952. Human Papillomavirus Lesion in Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus. Ricardo V. Juarez, Crespo Maria Elena,
Buschiazo Emilio, Sanchez Wilde Maria Cristina., Salta,
Argentina
Miscellaneous Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases
1953. A Higher Than Expected Prevalence of Autoimmune
Disease in a Cohort of Patients with Recalcitrant Leg
Ulcers. Victoria K. Shanmugam 1 , Amber Schilling 1 , Anthony
Germinario 1 , Mihriye Mete 2 and Christopher Attinger 3 ,
1
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 2 MedStar
Health Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, 3 Georgetown
University Hosptial, Washington, DC
1954. Prevalence and Significance of Previously Undiagnosed
Rheumatic Diseases in Pregnancy. Véronique Ramoni 1 ,
Roberto Caporali 1 , Arsenio Spinillo 2 , Fausta Beneventi 2 ,
Margherita Simonetta 2 , Elena Locatelli 2 , Chiara Cavagnoli 2 ,
Claudia Alpini 3 , Giulia Albonico 3 , Elena Prisco 1 and Carlo M.
Montecucco 1 , 1 Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 2 Obstetrics
and Gynecology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation
and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 3 IRCCS Policlinico San
Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy
1955. Eosinophilic Fasciitis (Shulman Disease): New Insights
Into the Therapeutic Management From a Series of 34
Patients. David Lebeaux 1 , Camille Frances 2 , Stéphane
Barete 2 , Bertrand Wechsler 1 , Odile Dubourg 1 , Jérôme
Renoux 1 , Thierry Maisonobe 1 , Olivier Benveniste 1 , Marc
Gatfossé 3 , Pierre Bourgeois 1 , Zahir Amoura 1 , Jean-Charles
Piette 4 , Patrice Cacoub 4 and Damien Sène 1 , 1 Pitie-Salpetriere
Hospital, Paris, France, 2 Tenon Hospital, Paris, France,
3
Centre Hospitalier Coulommiers, Coulommiers, France,
4
CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
1956. Some of Subgroups in Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Difficult to
Differentiate with Polymyalgia Rheumatica by a Genome-
Wide Gene Expression Analysis. Yoshinobu Koyama 1 ,
Chinami Era 1 , Motohiko Tanino 2 , Daisuke Hidaka 1 , Toshiyuki
Ota 1 and Ayumi Uchino 1 , 1 Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan, 2 DNA
Chip Research Inc., Yokohama, Japan
1957. Biologics In Relapsing Polychondritis: a Literature Review.
Fernando Kemta Lekpa 1 , Virginia Byers Kraus 2 and Xavier
Chevalier 1 , 1 Hopital Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France, 2 Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, NC
1958. HM-018, An Oral Small Molecule JAK Inhibitor, Ameliorates
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) in
Mice. Yu Cai 1 , Wuzhong Shen 1 , Qianqian Dong 1 , Zhipeng
Wu 1 , Xiaoning Yang 1 , Ping Ren 1 , Youjun Yu 1 , Hongxia Shen 1 ,
Jia Li 1 , Jian Wang 1 , Yang Sai 1 , James Yan 1 , Wei Deng 1 , Jianguo
Ji 2 , Weiguo Su 1 and Haoran Zhao 1 , 1 Hutchison Medipharma
Limited, Shanghai, China, 2 Abott, Shanghai, China
1959. Safety and Efficacy of Mizoribine in Patients with
Connective Tissue Diseases Other Than Rheumatoid
Arthritis. Ryo Rokutanda 1 , Mitsumasa Kishimoto 1 , Hisanori
Shimizu 1 , Atsushi Nomura 2 , Yasuhiro Suyama 1 , Yuri Ohara 1 ,
Akira Takeda 1 , Ken-ichi Yamaguchi 3 and Masato Okada 1 , 1 St.
Luke’s International Hosptal, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Chubu-Rosai
hospital, Nagoya, Japan, 3 St. Luke’s International Hospital,
Tokyo, Japan
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