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2023 Abstracts

Oral Presentations

Integrative Functional Genomics Points to Natural Killer Cells as Key Drivers in the Pathogenesis of Ankylosing Spondylitis Marcos Chiñas
Boston Children’s Hospital
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor May Help Maintain Tight Junctions in the Gut by Enhancing Occludin Expression Shaghayegh Foroozan Boroojeni
University of Toronto
Sex Differences in Clinical and Imaging Phenotypes of Axial Juvenile Spondyloarthritis Adam Mayer, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania

Abstract Posters

Axial Spondyloarthritis in Black Americans: a Cross-sectional Analysis of Data Obtained from Major Hospital Systems in Memphis, TN
Iman Abutineh, MD
UTHSC Memphis
Do patients really get it? Poor agreement between patients and rheumatologists about the interpretation of spondyloarthritis features Swetha Ann Alexander, MD
University of Utah
Decreased History of Breastfeeding During Infancy in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis: A Case-Control Study Katelyn Baggett
Penn State College of Medicine
Analysis of Soluble Biomarkers in Axial Spondyloarthritis Caroline Bauchiero
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Activity of Axial Spondyloarthritis After One Year of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Rahul Dalal, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Assessment of depression in Ankylosing Spondylitis using Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Yvette Farran, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School
Not all are syndesmophytes equal: The impact of body mass index on the presence, location and type of syndesmophytes in patients with axial spondyloarthritis Ummugulsum Gazel, MD
University of Ottawa
Investigating the impact of IL-17A signaling in osteoclasts and osteoblasts on bone loss in spondyloarthritis and estrogen deficiency Makayla Martorana
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Incidence of major cardiovascular events and venous thromboembolism among patients with axial spondylarthritis and psoriatic arthritis on biologics Sali Merjanah, MD
Boston University
HLA-B27 Ordering in Clinical Practice Armaan Monshizadeh
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Axial spondyloarthritis treatment recommendations and disease activity monitoring in clinical practice – results of an online survey amongst rheumatology health care providers Stephanie Sinnappan
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
The Deubiquitinase molecule TRABID’s Role in Inflammation and Bone Formation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Archita Srinath
University of Toronto
Patients’ needs concerning patient education in axial spondyloarthritis: a qualitative study Yvonne van der Kraan
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen and University of California San Francisco
Sex Differences concerning Experienced Pain in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Yvonne van der Kraan
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen and University of California San Francisco
Involvement of Central Sensitization in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis; a Biopsychosocial Approach Yvonne van der Kraan
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen and University of California San Francisco
Serum Calprotectin in Psoriasis Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta- analysis Pitchayan Worapongsatitaya, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

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