Rheumatology

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

G. G. Hunder

OP1. HISTORY OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA) AND POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA (PMR)
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii1; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh726 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. M. Weyand

OP2. PATHOGENESIS OF GCA AND PMR
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii1; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh727 [Abstract] [PDF]  

W. E. R. Ollier

OP3. IMMUNOGENETICS OF GCA AND PMR
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii1-iii2; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh728 [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. A. Watts

OP4. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii2; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh729 [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. A. C. Hosie

OP5. GCA AND PMR: A GENERAL PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii2; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh730 [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. A. Bird

OP6. REVIEW OF DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA/GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii2-iii3; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh731 [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. Dasgupta

OP7. DEVELOPING DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA IN PMR
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii3; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh732 [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Blockmans, L. De Ceuninck, S. Vanderschueren, D. Knockaert, L. Mortelmans, and H. Bobbaers

OP8. REPETITIVE 18-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN 35 PATIENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii3-iii4; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh733 [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. T. Calamia, E. L. Matteson, M. Mazlumzadeh, C. J. Michet, L. E. Mertz, and G. G. Hunder

OP9. TRENDS IN USE OF TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA): EXPERIENCE IN 2,539 PATIENTS AT 3 CENTERS OVER 11 YEARS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii4; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh734 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Duhaut, L. Le Page, S. Bosshard, D. Seydoux, H. Pellet, J. C. Piette, and J. P. Ducroix

OP10. INCIDENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN BIOPSY-PROVEN AND BIOPSY-NEGATIVE GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: THE PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTRIC DOUBLE COHORT GRACG STUDY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii4; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh735 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. W. Morgan, M. A. Gonzalez-Gay, J. I. Robinson, S. J. Babbage, L. Haroon-Rashid, A. H. Hajeer, W. E. R. Ollier, and J. D. Isaacs

OP11. ASSOCIATION OF FCGR2A AND FCR HAPLOTYPES WITH SPANISH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA AND GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii4-iii5; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh736 [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. F. Leeb

OP12. DISEASE ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT IN POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA (PMR) AND GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA)
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii5-iii6; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh737 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Hutchings, D. Lamping, J. Hollywood, and B. Dasgupta

OP13. EVALUATING OUTCOMES IN POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: PATIENT-REPORTED, PHYSICIAN-REPORTED OR CLINICAL MEASURES?
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii6; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh738 [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. R. Sivakumar, R. N. Misra, and P. A. Bacon for the IRAVAS group

OP14. THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE OF TAKAYASU ARTERITIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DISEASE EXTENT INDEX (DEI.TAK) TO ASSESS TAKAYASU ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii6-iii7; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh739 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Salvarani, M. Vanoli, E. Daina, C. Rossi, E. Baldissera, and G. Bertolini on behalf of the Italian Takayasu's Arteritis (ITAKA) Study Group

OP15. TAKAYASU ARTERITIS: A STUDY OF 104 ITALIAN PATIENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii7; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh740 [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. E. Soto, L. F. Flores-Suárez, and P. A. Reyes for the Mexican Group for the Study of Takayasu Arteritis

OP16. TAKAYASU ARTERITIS CLINICAL SPECTRUM: NORTH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii7; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh741 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Deshpande

OP17. PATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS (NON SPECIFIC AORTOARTERITIS)
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii8; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh742 [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. C. Cid

OP18. FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE PERSISTENCE OF INFLAMMATORY LESIONS IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA)
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii8-iii9; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh743 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Hingorani

OP19. ENDOTHELIAL CELL PATHOBIOLOGY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii9; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh744 [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. O. Haskard

OP20. IMAGING ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION IN INFLAMMATION
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii9; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh745 [Abstract] [PDF]  

W. A. Schmidt

OP21. ULTRASOUND IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii9; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh746 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. C. Mason

OP22. FDG-PET SCANNING
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii10; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh747 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Duhaut, S. Bosshard, and J.-P. Ducroix

OP23. GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii10; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh748 [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. L. Matteson

OP24. LARGE VESSEL INVOLVEMENT IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: INCIDENCE, PREDICTORS, AND MORTALITY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii10-iii11; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh749 [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. Buttgereit

OP25. NEW GLUCOCORTICOIDS: SELECTIVE GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS, NO-GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND LONG-CIRCULATING LIPOSOMAL GLUCOCORTICOIDS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii11; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh750 [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Jayne

OP26. THERAPY IN VASCULITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii11; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh751 [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. S. Hoffman

OP27. THE TREATMENT OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS WITH BIOLOGIC AGENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii12-iii13; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh752 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Compston

OP28. GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii13; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh753 [Abstract] [PDF]  

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

D. Blockmans, L. De Ceuninck, S. Vanderschueren, D. Knockaert, L. Mortelmans, and H. Bobbaers

PP1. REPETITIVE 18-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN ISOLATED POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN 35 PATIENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii14; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh754 [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. A. Cimmino, C. Salvarani, L. Macchioni, R. Gerli, F. Delle Monache, C. Montecucco, and R. Caporali

PP2. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA PATIENTS TREATED WITH METHOTREXATE AND STEROIDS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii14; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh755 [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. C. Derrett-Smith and B. Dasgupta

PP3. ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE: YET ANOTHER MIMIC OF POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA AND GIANT CELL ARTERITIS?
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii14-iii15; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh756 [Abstract] [PDF]  

B. Dasgupta, A. Bharadwaj, K. Wolfe, C. Nordborg, and E. Nordborg

PP4. THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTOLOGICAL SCORING FOR INFLAMED TEMPORAL ARTERY IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii15; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh757 [Abstract] [PDF]  

W. P. Docken

PP5. POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA (PMR) CAN RECUR YEARS AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF STEROID THERAPY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii15-iii16; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh758 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Dhar, D. Bienfang, K. Batra, L. Chibnik, A. H. Fossel, M. H. Liang, E. H. Noss, R. Padera, and W. P. Docken

PP6. OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY OF LESS THAN 1 CM LENGTH FOR SUSPECTED GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii16; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh759 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Duhaut, L. Le Page, A. S. Carret, S. Bosshard, H. Pellet, J. C. Piette, and J. P. Ducroix

PP7. QUALITY OF LIFE IN GCA AND PMR PATIENTS UNDER STEROIDS: THE PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTRIC GRACG STUDY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii16; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh760 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Duhaut, S. Bosshard, L. Le Page, D. Boutin, A. Smail, R. Cevallos, V. Salle, R. Loire, H. Pellet, J. C. Piette, and J. P. Ducroix

PP8. GIANT CELL ARTERITIS AND POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS REVEALED BY A LONG TERM PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW UP – THE GRACG MULTICENTRIC STUDY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii16-iii17; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh761 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Duhaut, D. Seydoux, S. Bosshard, L. Le Page, D. Boutin, A. Smail, R. Cevallos, H. Pellet, J. C. Piette, and J. P. Ducroix

PP9. LATROGENIC COMPLICATIONS IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS AND POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: A MULTICENTER, PROSPECTIVE DOUBLE COHORT STUDY
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii17; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh762 [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. F. Flores-Suárez and J. Mena

PP10. CHARACTERISTICS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS IN LATIN AMERICAN PATIENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii17; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh763 [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Gunawardena and M. V. Kyle

PP11. ATYPICAL PRESENTATIONS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS – A DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL PERSPECTIVE
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii17-iii18; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh764 [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Gunawardena, L. Jones, and M.V. Kyle

PP12. AORTIC AND EXTRA-CRANIAL LARGE VESSEL GIANT CELL ARTERITIS IN A PATIENT WITH SEROPOSITIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ON METHOTREXATE
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii18; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh765 [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. S. Hoffman, M. C. Cid, C. M. Weyand, J. H. Stone, K. E. Rendt, C. Salvarani, P. A. Merkel, W. Xu, S. Visvanathan, and M. U. Rahman for the Infliximab-GCA Study Group

PP13. PHASE II STUDY OF THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF INFLIXIMAB IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA): 22 WEEK INTERIM ANALYSIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii18; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh766 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Jain and C. Sanghvi

PP14. AUDIT OF MANAGEMENT OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS BY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AT MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii19; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh767 [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. N. Jois, K. Gaffney, T. Marshall, P. Merry, and D. G. I. Scott

PP15. CHRONIC PERIAORTITIS – A MISSED RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISEASE!
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii19; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh768 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Mahr, M. Saba, M. Kambouchner, M. Polivka, M. Baudrimont, I. Brochériou, J. Coste, and L. Guillevin

PP16. TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY TO DIAGNOSE GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: THE LONGER, THE BETTER?
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii19-iii20; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh769 [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. Maksimowicz-McKinnon, T. Clark, and G. S. Hoffman

PP17. TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS (TA): DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES IN A COHORT OF 75 PATIENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii20; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh770 [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. Maksimowicz-McKinnon, T. Clark, and G. S. Hoffman

PP18. THE PREVALENCE OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA (PMR) AND GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA) IN TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS (TA)
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii20; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh771 [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. Meliconi, P. Dolzani, T. Silvestri, L. Pulsatelli, C. Salvarani, P. Macchioni, L. Boiardi, and A. Facchini

PP19. NO MODIFICATION OF SIL-6R AND GP130 SERUM LEVELS IN ACTIVE AND TREATED PMR PATIENTS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii21; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh772 [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. D. Pountain and J. Calvin

PP20. SERUM -1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN (ACT) LEVELS IN PMR/GCA
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii21; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh773 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Dejaco, C. Duftner, B. Raffeiner, and M. Schirmer

PP21. ANOMALOUS EXPRESSION OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS ON CD4⁺CD28^NULL T-CELLS PROMOTES INTERFERON- PRODUCTION IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS/POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii21; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh774 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. D. Wagner, X. S. Ju, U. Wittkop, M. Peppmüller, H. Zeidler, and M. Zenke

PP22. GLUCOCORTICOIDS INHIBIT APOPTOSIS OF PERIPHERAL CD1C+ DENDRITIC CELLS AND CAUSE A DOWN-REGULATION OF THE CHEMOKINE LIGANDS CCL19 AND CCL21 IN GRANULOMATOUS INFILTRATES IN TEMPORAL ARTERIES FROM PATIENTS WITH GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
Rheumatology 2005 44: iii22; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh775 [Abstract] [PDF]  

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Rheumatology 2005 44: iii23; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh776 [PDF]  

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Rheumatology 2005 44: iii24; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh777 [PDF]  

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