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Closing racial/ethnic disparities gap requires concerted effort
It has been well studied and demonstrated that minority race and ethnicity are associated with more severe outcomes in both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and an ACR Convergence 2020 session will explore the contributing factors and how to address them.
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Answers to common questions often live in uncommon places
This year’s Paul Klemperer, MD Memorial Lecture will provide an example about how following a different path in research can yield important results.
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Enthesis could guide future inflammatory arthritis treatment breakthroughs
The session will include an overview of the more modern concept of the enthesis organ as an integrated group of tissues functioning to minimize stress.
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Updated knowledge about rheumatoid factor could reshape RA diagnoses
Emerging data suggests that antibodies and antibody reactivities in RA are far more complex than simply the presence or absence of rheumatoid factor (antibodies against IgG) and anti-CCP, a surrogate for anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs).
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Role of imaging in large vessel vasculitis continues to expand
Proposed classification criteria and management guidelines for large vessel vasculitis (LVV) include imaging, so rheumatologists need to have familiarity with different imaging modalities.
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Giovanni Adami, MD, PhDc: Glucocorticoids and fracture risk
MEET THE POSTER PRESENTER: Younger patients taking glucocorticoids were at risk of vertebral or hip fractures, while older individuals were at risk of fracture of any kind.
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Chris Wincup, MBChB, MRCP: SLE and links to iron deficiency, mitochondrial dysfunction
MEET THE POSTER PRESENTER: Dr. Wincup sought to identify if immune cells from patients with SLE were iron deficient and whether this impacted their mitochondrial function.
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Joseph Blake: SNP rs1143678 and B cell biology in SLE
MEET THE POSTER PRESENTER: We found that the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated SNP rs1143678 might affect the structure and function of the associated protein CD11b and looked into how this might impact B cell biology and, ultimately, SLE. Rs1143678 encodes the CD11b amino acid substitution…