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ACR/ARHP Poster Session C
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL,
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2129. Effect of Treatment of Hypogonadism On Rheumatoid
Arthritis In Male Veterans. Farah Mahmood, Robert
W. McMurray and Dannette S. Johnson, G.V. Sonny
Montgomery VA Medical Center and University of
Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2130. Extra-Articular Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis
in An Ethnically Diverse Cohort: Prevalence and Clinical
Associations. Nicole C. Richman 1 , Jinoos Yazdany 1 , Jonathan
D. Graf 2 , Vladimir Chernitskiy 1 and John B. Imboden 3 ,
1
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,
2
Univ of Calif-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3 University of
California, San Francisco, CA
2131. Frequency and Clinical Characteristics of Osteoporosis
in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis − a Comparison
with Healthy Subjects. Seung Geun Lee 1 , Young Eun Park 1 ,
Seong Hu Park 2 , Sung Il Kim 3 , Seung Hoon Baek 4 , Geun Tae
Kim 5 , Joung Wook Lee 6 and Jun Hee Lee 7 , 1 Pusan Nationl
University Hospital, Busan, South Korea, 2 Pusan, South
Korea, 3 PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Busan,
South Korea, 4 PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY YANGSAN
HOSPITAL, Yangsan, South Korea, 5 Kosin University Gopsel
Hospital, Pusan, South Korea, 6 Busan st. Mary’s Medical
Center, Busan, South Korea, 7 Ilsin Christian Hospital, Pusan,
South Korea
2132. Low Vitamin D in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated
with Significant Limitations in Social Functioning. Susan J.
Bartlett 1 , Kevin R. Fontaine 2 , Clifton O. Bingham 3 and Uzma
J. Haque 4 , 1 McGill University, Montreal, QC, 2 John Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3 Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 4 Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, MD
2133. Ocular Complication and Its Association with Disease
Characteristics and Treatment Responses in a Cohort
of 295 Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Zejin Zhu 1 , Paul
Maranian 2 and Harold E. Paulus 1 , 1 University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2 University of California, Los
Angeles
2134. Role of Body Composition Phenotypes and Adiposity in
Disease Activity, Endothelial Dysfunction and Radiological
Damage in RA Patients. Esmeralda Delgado-Frías 1 , Vanesa
Hernandez-Hernandez 1 , Ivan Ferraz-Amaro 1 , Jose A. Garcia-
Dopico 2 , Lilian Medina 2 , Antonieta Gonzalez-Diaz 3 , Maria A.
Gomez- Rodriguez-Bethencourt 3 , Jose Ramon Muñiz 4 , Ana
I. Rodriguez-Vargas 1 , M. Jesus Dominguez-Luis 1 , M.Teresa
Arce-Franco 1 , M. Angeles Gantes-Mora 1 and Federico Diaz-
Gonzalez 1 , 1 Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario
de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, 2 Servicio de Laboratorio
Central, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain,
3
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de
Canarias, Spain, 4 Resonancia Magnética. IMETISA. Hospital
Universitario de Canarias
2135. Ultrasound Screening for Intestinal Lung Disease in
Rheumatoid Arthritis. Sonja Kielhauser 1 , Florentine Fuerst 1 ,
Kerstin Brickmann 1 , Peter Zechner 2 , Norbert J. Tripolt 3 and
Winfried B. Graninger 4 , 1 Med Univ Klinik Graz, Graz, Austria,
2
Cardiology, Graz, Austria, 3 Diabetology, Graz, Austria,
4
Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
2136. Genetic Predisposition of the Severity of Joint Destruction
in Rheumatoid Arthritis; A Population Based Study. R.
Knevel 1 , Gerður Gröndal 2 , Tom W.J. Huizinga 1 , A. Willemien
Visser 1 , Helgi Jónsson 2 , Arnór Víkingsson 2 , Árni Jón
Geirsson 2 , Kristjan Steinsson 2 and Annette H.M. van der
Helm-van Mil 1 , 1 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden,
Netherlands, 2 Department of Rheumatology, Landspítali,
National University Hospital Center for Rheumatology
Research, Reykjavik, Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2137. Longitudinal Determinants of Disability in Vulnerable
United States Hispanics with Rheumatoid Arthritis. George
A. Karpouzas 1 , Soha Dolatabadi 2 , Ning Li 2 , Rosalinda C.
Moran 3 , Perry M. Nicassio 4 and Michael H. Weisman 5 ,
1
Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, 2 Cedars Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA, 3 Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Carson, CA,
4
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 5 Cedars Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles,
CA
2138. Smoking Impact on Radiographic Progression in An Early
Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort. Virginia Ruiz-Esquide 1 , Jose
Alfredo Gomez Puerta 2 , S. Cabrera 1 , J. D. Cañete 3 , M. V.
Hernandez 2 , Eduard Graell 4 , Guadalupe Ercilla 1 , Odette
Viñas 1 , M. J. Gómara 5 , Isabel Haro 5 and Raimon Sanmarti 2 ,
1
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain, 2 Hospital
Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 3 Hospital Clínic de
Barcelona,, Barcelona, Spain, 4 Hospital Parc Tauli, Sabadell,
Spain, 5 IQAC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
2139. Environmental and Genetic Contributions to Disease
Severity in North American Natives with Early
Inflammatory arthritis. Carol A. Hitchon, Christine A.
Peschken, Trevor Mailley, Jillian Dooley, Peter Nickerson and
Hani S. El-Gabalawy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
2140. Discrepancies Between Expert Reading and Standard
Radiograph Report in Identifying Boney Erosions and Joint
Space Narrowing in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in
the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry. Maria
P. Martes 1 , Alan Erickson 2 , Ted R. Mikuls 3 , Alyse D. Mann 4 ,
Liron Caplan 5 , Dannette S. Johnson 6 , J. Steuart Richards 7 ,
Gail S. Kerr 7 , Andreas M. Reimold 8 and Grant W. Cannon 1 ,
1
Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,
2
Omaha VA and University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, NE, 3 Omaha VA and University of Nebraska, Omaha,
NE, 4 Denver VA and University of Colorado, Denver, CO,
5
Denver VA and University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 6 Jackson
VA and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson,
MS, 7 Washington DC VAMC and Georgetown University,
Washington, DC, 8 Dallas VA and University of Texas
Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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