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01. Genomics, genetic basis of disease and HLA/T cell recognition    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0014 TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR II GENE POLYMORPHISM IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Marian Gantes,
Sigrid Talaverano,
Beatriz Rodríguez-Lozano,
Vanesa Hernández,
Jacome Armas,
Marilú Lira,
Esmeralda Delgado-Frías,
Ysamar Barrios

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AB0036 CTLA4 GENE POLYMORPHISM AT POSITION 49 EXON 1 IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Soosan Soroosh,
Mohsen Soroosh,
Parvin Pasalar

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SAT0012 DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT POLYMORPHISM IN TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 GENE (TLR2) CONTRIBUTES TO ELEVATED TLR2 MRNA EXPRESSION LEVEL IN IMMUNE-MEDIATED RHEUMATIC DISEASES Borbala Pazar,
Péter Gergely,
Zsolt Nagy,
Gyula Poór
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0013 FINE MAPPING OF INTERLEUKIN-23R IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Proton Rahman,
Angela Pope,
Jeff Reeve,
Dafna Gladman,
Robert Inman,
Lynette Peddle,
Walter Maksymowych
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
02. Cytokines and inflammatory mediators    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0066 STATE OF THE BIOMARKERS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE. Adela M Ruiz Ruz,
Pedro Montilla,
Montserrat Feijoo Lopez,
Inmaculada Tasset Cuevas,
Elisa Muñoz Gomariz,
Isaac Tunez Fiñana,
Eduardo Collantes Estevez

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SAT0042 INVARIANT NKT CELLS ARE NATURAL REGULATORS OF TNF DRIVEN MURINE SPONDYLOARTHRITIS. Peggy Jacques,
Julie Coudenys,
Gust Verbruggen,
Martine De Vos,
Herman Mielants,
Katrien Van Beneden,
Sylvie Seeuws,
Dirk Elewaut
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0043 INCREASED EXPRESSION OF IL-22 AND IL-22BP IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES. Esther Lindgreen,
Christian Holm,
Line Petersen,
Marianne Hokland,
Eva Petersen,
Bent Deleuran,
Tue Kragstrup
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0056 STUDY OF INVARIANT VALPHA24+ VBETA11+ NATURAL KILLER T (INKT) CELLS IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SPONDYLOARTHRITIS Verónica Pérez- Guijo,
Eduardo Collantes,
Rafael Solana,
Adela Ruiz,
Inmaculada Gayoso,
Esther Peralbo
Saturday 14.06.2008
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SAT0058 CHITOTRIOSIDASE EXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Philip Remans,
Daan Gerlag,
Rob Boot,
Marco van Eijk,
Bas Leerkotte,
Johannes Aerts,
Paul Tak
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0063 STAT-3 AND -6 ACTIVATION AND IL-6 CONCENTRATION IN EARLY ARTHRITIS Magdalena Sokalska-Jurkiewicz,
Beata Nowak,
Marta Madej,
Anna Czarny,
Ewa Zaczynska,
Piotr Wiland
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0065 MICROVASCULAR FUNCTION IS IMPAIRED IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND IMPROVES AFTER TNF-ALPHA BLOCKADE I.C. van Eijk,
M.J.L. Peters,
I.E. van der Horst-Bruinsma,
B.A.C. Dijkmans,
E.H. Serne,
Y.M. Smulders,
M.T. Nurmohamed
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0067 ALTERATIONS IN THE SIGNALING PATHWAY OF TGF-Β OF MONONUCLEAR CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS Daniel Xibillé,
José Montiel Hernández,
Mariana Alvarez-Fuentes,
Ruben Burgos-Vargas,
Luz Mejía Cristobal,
Sergio Garay Sánchez
Saturday 14.06.2008
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06. SLE, Sjögren's and APS – etiology, pathogenesis and animal models    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0162 ACQUIRED PROGRESSIVE SPASTIC DIPLEGIA AS A PRESENTING FEATURE OF SLE IN THREE CHILDREN Christiaan Scott,
Carine Wouters,
Elena Levtchencko,
Wily Van De Casseye,
Esther Hoppenrijs,
Yannick Crow

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07. RA – epidemiology, prognosis and predictors    
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AB0185 RADIOLOGICAL PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AT A SINGLE CENTRE: A 1-YEAR-FOLLOW-UP Eleonora Bruschi,
Serena Bugatti,
Carlo Alberto Scirè,
Veronica Codullo,
Oscar Epis,
Roberto Caporali,
Carlomaurizio Montecucco

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FRI0043 PREVALENCE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES AMONG ADULT POPULATION OF RUSSIA Elena Galushko,
S. Myasoedova,
I Vinogradova,
R. Protopopova,
T. Bolshakova,
T. Raskina,
Sh. Erdesz,
T. Chernigh,
O. Lesnyak,
L. Menshikova
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0053 PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN WOMEN EXPOSED TO ADALIMUMAB: THE OTIS AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN PREGNANCY PROJECT. Diana Johnson,
Kenneth Jones,
Christina Chambers
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
THU0067 BMP-4 IS DOWN-REGULATED TOGETHER WITH RUNX2 AND FASL IN THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS Zrinka Jajic,
S Ivcevic,
Frane Grubisic,
Natasa Kovacic,
IK Lukic,
Danka Grcevic,
Ana Marusic
Thursday 12.06.2008
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08. RA – other clinical aspects and comorbidity    
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AB0256 HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS, AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: RELATIONSHIP WITH MEASURES OF CLINICAL CONDITION, INCLUDING COMORBIDITY DISEASE ACTIVITY AND RADIOGRAPHIC DAMAGE AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL. Fausto Salaffi,
Marina Carotti,
Michele Intorcia,
Walter Grassi

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FRI0063 PROINFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES Alessandra Mutti,
Fabiola Atzeni,
Marco Antivalle,
Alberto Batticciotto,
Luca Bertani,
Florencia Montalbano,
Donatella Ventura,
PierCarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Friday 13.06.2008
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FRI0075 CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MANAGEMENT (CV-RM) IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND OTHER TYPES OF INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS - EULAR TASK FORCE ‘CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MANAGEMENT IN RA’. Mike Peters,
Deborah Symmons,
David McCarey,
Michael Nurmohamed
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0080 FOURFOLD ELEVATED RISK OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM Hennie Raterman,
Alexandre Voskuyl,
Izhar van Eijk,
Mike Peters,
Ben Dijkmans,
Vokko van Halm,
Suat Simsek,
Willem Lems,
Michael Nurmohamed
Friday 13.06.2008
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FRI0082 HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ITALIAN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS, AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: A COMPARISON WITH THE GENERAL POPULATION Fausto Salaffi,
Marina Carotti,
Michele Intorcia,
Walter Grassi
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0097 SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF NEUTROPHILIC GRANULOMATOUS DERMATITIS WITH RITUXIMAB IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SPONDYLITIS ANCYLOSANS. A CASE REPORT Stephan Toussaint,
Sigrid Karrer,
Siegfried Wassenberg
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
THU0077 TNF-ALPHA ANTAGONISTS REDUCE ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND RELATED ARTHROPATHIES: A CONTROLLED STUDY. Kristin Angel,
Dan Atar,
Tore Kvien,
Sella Provan,
Stefan Agewall
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0087 VITAMIN D LEVEL – IS IT RELATED TO DISEASE ACTIVITY IN INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE? Yolanda Braun-Moscovici,
Kohava Toledano,
Alexandra Balbir-Gurman,
Alexander Rozin,
Doron Markovits,
Menahem Nahir
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0090 COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PROFILE AND REDUCTIONS IN STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS FROM ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) GLOBAL CLINICAL TRIALS IN SIX AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Gerd Burmester,
K Gordon,
B Dijkmans,
P Mease,
D Lovell,
R Panaccione,
J Perez,
A Pangan
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0105 INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC DISEASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INFLAMMATION IN THE MYOCARDIUM AND CARDIAC SMALL VESSEL AFFECTION: A CONTROLLED STUDY OF BIOPSIES AT CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY Ivana Hollan,
Øystein Førre,
Cecilia Grundtman,
Knut Mikkelsen,
Kjell Saatvedt,
Ingrid Lundberg
Thursday 12.06.2008
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09. RA – anti-TNF therapy    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0270 ASSESSING TB RISK IN PATIENTS DUE TO START ANTI-TNF ALPHA TREATMENT Hamid ALI,
Suda BALAKRISHNAN,
George HIRSCH,
Adel AHMAD,
Kathelene NAISH

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AB0281 TOXIC HEPATITIS DURING TREATMENT WITH INFLIXIMAB. Karen Carlsen,
Alastair Hansen,
Ole Madsen,
Hans Timm

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AB0285 CANCER IN DANISH PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES TREATED WITH ANTI-TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR THERAPY – A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY FROM THE DANBIO REGISTRY Lene Dreyer,
L Mellemkjær,
M.L Hetland

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AB0290 PREGNANCY WISH AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN WOMEN TREATED WITH TNF ALPHA BLOCKERS FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASE Claire Eymard,
Maxime Dougados,
Laure Gossec

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AB0296 PSORIASIS INDUCED BY BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES Macias Inmaculada,
Baturone Rocío,
García Sergio

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AB0302 EYE LOSS BY EXOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS FOLLOWING ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR THERAPY. Benoit Le Goff,
Bertrand Vabres,
Isabelle Cochereau,
Jean Marie Berthelot,
Yves Maugars,
Cedric Lamirel,
Beatrice Bouvard

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AB0303 THE USE OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA-BLOCKERS IN DAILY ROUTINE - AN AUSTRIAN CONSENSUS PROJECT. Burkhard Leeb,
Elke Böttcher,
Hans Brezinschek,
Christoph Czerwenka,
Manfred Herold,
Hans Hitzelhammer,
Franz Mayrhofer,
Rudolf Puchner,
Franz Rainer,
Bernhard Rintelen,
Michael Schirmer,
Ulrike Stuby,
Hans Bröll

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AB0308 PSORIASIS INDUCED BY ANTI-TNFALPHA TREATMENT: A PARADOXICAL REACTION Alfonso Massara,
Francesco Trotta,
Sara Bonazza

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AB0322 PROTEINURIA RELATED TO ANTI-TNFA THERAPY Athina Pyrpasopoulou,
Spyros Aslanidis,
Maria Stangou,
Panagiotis Pateinakis,
Eleni Liakou,
Georgios Koliakos,
Maria Leontsini,
Efstathios Alexopoulos

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AB0327 ANTI-TNF THERAPY ALTERS THE NUMBER OF CD80 POSITIVE B-CELLS BUT NOT CD80 EXPRESSION (MFI) ON B-LYMPHOCYTES Joerg Rump,
Michael Schlesier,
Guido Wolff-Vorbeck

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AB0337 LONG TERM SAFETY OF ANTI-TNFA TREATMENT IN RHEUMATIC PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION Dimitrios Vassilopoulos,
Alexandra Apostolopoulou,
Emilia Hadziyannis,
George Papatheodoridis,
Emanuel Manesis,
Spilios Manolakopoulos,
John Koskinas,
Athanasios Archimandritis

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AB0342 A SURVEY OF PATIENTS’ VIEWS ABOUT THEIR ANTI-TNF ALPHA TREATMENT Stuart Webber,
Rebecca Neame,
Ash Samanta,
Anna Clarke,
Toni Dorman,
Jill Edwards

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FRI0113 MALIGNANCIES FROM PATIENTS RECEIVING ETANERCEPT ACROSS APPROVED INDICATIONS Shao-Lee Lin,
S Hamza,
Edward Giannini,
K Gordon,
A Gottlieb,
J Wajdula,
H Weng,
Y Chon,
J Maddox,
E Chi,
P Mease,
Juan Li
Friday 13.06.2008
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FRI0134 A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF ANTI-TNF AGENTS ON LIPID PROFILE Satish Rachapalli,
Vinod Ravindran,
Ernest Choy,
Ritu Malaiya
Friday 13.06.2008
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FRI0138 PATTERN OF DEMYELINATION OCCURING DURING ANTI-TNF ALPHA THERAPY: A FRENCH NATIONAL SURVEY Raphaele SEROR,
Eric HOUVENAGEL,
Christain PAGNOUX,
Antoine MARTIN,
Caroline ASQUIER,
Beatrice BOUVARD,
Jean Marie BERTHELOT,
Emmanuelle DERNIS,
Sylvie MELAC DUCAMP,
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Xavier MARIETTE,
Xavier PUECHAL,
Denis MULLEMAN,
Laure GOSSEC,
Stéphanie RIST,
Christelle SORDET,
Christophe RICHEZ
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0145 EFFECTS OF ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR THERAPY ON LIPID PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE Areti Triantafyllou,
Spyros Aslanidis,
Michalis Doumas,
Athina Pyrpasopoulou,
Kwnstantinos Petidis,
Panagiota Anyfanti,
Stella Douma
Friday 13.06.2008
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SAT0243 LONG TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY, INCLUDING PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES, WITH ETANERCEPT FOR 5 YEARS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Andrew Koenig,
E Martin Mola,
S van der Linden,
C Wishneski,
D Robertson,
B Freundlich
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
THU0122 COMPARISON OF AN INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY WITH TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST IN RHEUMATIC PATIENTS BEFORE AND DURING TREATMENT WITH TNF ANTAGONISTS Marco Antivalle,
Luca Bertani,
Fabiola Atzeni,
Alberto Batticciotto,
Laura Cordier,
Alessandra Mutti,
Florencia Montalbano,
Giovanna Orlando,
PierCarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0126 INFECTIONS DURING TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA AND INTERLEUKIN-1 BLOCKING THERAPY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES IN DAILY PRACTICE. 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH 726 PATIENTS IN A SINGLE ITALIAN ACCADEMIC CENTER. Costantino Botsios,
Roberta Ramonda,
Alessandro Lo Nigro,
Bernd Reffeiner,
Valentina Modesti,
Antonio Furlan,
Cristina Contessa,
Francesca Ometto,
Carla Campana,
Silvano Todesco,
Leonardo Punzi
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0130 ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) THERAPY IS EFFECTIVE AND WELL–TOLERATED IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS), RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) , OR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (PSA) PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF ANTI–TNF THERAPY Gerd Burmester,
S Kary,
F van den Bosch,
M Kron,
M Rudwaleit,
H Kupper
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0132 DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF SERUM DICKKOPF-1 (DKK-1) LEVELS TO ANTI-TNFA TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Dimitrios Daoussis,
Elena Solomou,
Maria Karampetsou,
Anastasia Tsanaktsi,
Konstadina Bounia,
Georgios Giannopoulos,
Stamatis-Nick Liossis,
Andrew Andonopoulos
Thursday 12.06.2008
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THU0135 IMMUNE-MEDIATED SKIN LESIONS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF INHIBITORS Alexandros Drosos,
Sofia Exarchou,
Paraskevi Voulgari,
Theodora Markatseli,
Aikaterini Zioga
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0141 GERIATRIC PATIENTS RECEIVING ANTI-TNFA AGENTS HAVE COMPARABLE TO YOUNGER ADULTS RESPONSE BUT INCREASED INCIDENCE OF SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS. Irini Flouri,
Prodromos Sidiropoulos,
Alexandros Drosos,
Kyriaki Boki,
Fotini Skopouli,
Dimitrios Karras,
Ioannis Papadopoulos,
Florentia Kanakoudi,
Pierre Geborek,
Dimitrios Boumpas
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0146 INFLIXIMAB SURVIVAL DIFFERS BETWEEN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND SPONDYLOARTHRITIS Carlos González,
Delia Gerona,
Luis Carreño,
Carmen Porras,
Elena Becerra,
Enrique Calvo,
Irene Díez-Merchán,
María Carpena,
María Dolores Casas,
Marta García-Castro,
Laura Cebrián,
María Montoro
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0160 IS ETANERCEPT SAFE IN HEPATITIS B PATIENTS WITH CONCURRENT LAMIVUDINE ? Yong Gil Kim,
Chang-Keun Lee,
Bin Yoo,
Ji Seon Oh
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0164 ASSESSMENT OF EARLY TREATMENT WITH COMBINATION OF ETANERCEPT AND METHOTREXATE ON FUNCTIONAL STATUS AMONG PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: THE COMET TRIAL Andrew Koenig,
R Sato,
B Freundlich,
D Robertson,
R Moots,
A Singh,
J Kekow
Thursday 12.06.2008
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10. RA – other biologic treatment    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0376 PRESCRIBING RITUXIMAB THERAPY IN IRELAND 2002-07: A SINGLE ACADEMIC CENTRE EXPERIENCE Michael O\'Reilly,
Michael O'Reilly,
Oliver Fitzgerald,
Barry Bresnihan,
Ceara Walsh,
Dougla Veale

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AB0378 SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF RITUXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC INFECTION Alexandra Paravisini,
Javier Lopéz-Longo,
Maria Dolores Casas,
Marta Garcia de Castro,
Elena Becerra,
Irene Diez-Merchán,
Maria Carpena,
Enrique Calvo,
Inmaculada De la Torre,
Luis Carreño,
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AB0389 USE AND SAFETY OF RITUXIMAB IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS RECURRENT OR SERIOUS INFECTION. A SERIES OF 26 CASES. Eric Toussirot,
Edouard Pertuiset,
Christelle Sordet,
Benoît Augé,
Daniel Wendling,
Béatrice Pallot-Prades,
Philippe Collet,
Jean Charles Balblanc,
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11. RA – non-biologic treatment    
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AB0394 SAFETY AND TOLERENCE OF DMARD’S Hamid ALI,
Shagufta Parveen,
Samara Afzal,
Bander Dallol,
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12. SLE, Sjögren's and APS – clinical aspects and treatment    
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AB0440 CLINICAL MEANING OF HIGH LEVELS OF ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES IN HEALTHY PEOPLE Jaime Calvo-Alén,
María José Novo,
Ana Ruibal,
Marcos López Hoyos

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13. Vasculitis    
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AB0509 JOINT INVOLVEMENT IN BEHCET DISEASE: A SONOGRAPHIC STUDY Fulvia Ceccarelli,
Paola Pivetti-Pezzi,
Roberta Priori,
Simone Milani,
Annamaria Iagnocco,
Massimo Accorinti,
Guido Valesini,
Giacomo Baccano

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AB0520 SACROILIITIS AND HLA B27 POSITIVITY IN BEHÇET’S SYNDROME PATIENTS WITH ACNE AND ARTHRITIS Gulen Hatemi,
Izzet Fresko,
Sebahattin Yurdakul,
Huri Ozdogan,
Ender Altiok,
Guven Yenmis,
Hasan Yazici

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14. Scleroderma, Myositis and related syndromes    
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AB0575 BONE MINERAL DENSITY, MARKERS OF BONE METABOLISM, VITAMIN D METABOLITES AND POLYMORPHISMS OF THE VITAMIN D RECEPTOR (VDR) GENE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS Uwe Lange,
Lena Philipp,
Petra Saar,
Ulf Mueller-Ladner

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15. Spondylarthropathies    
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AB0601 FLARE AND NEW ONSET OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS (UC) IN TWO PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) TREATED WITH ETANERCEPT. Christine Albert,
Olivier Brocq,
Philippe Flory,
Christian Grisot,
Christian Roux,
Veronique Breuil,
Patrick Rampal,
Xavier Hebuterne,
Liana Euller-Ziegler

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AB0602 EFFICIENCY OF THE ANTI-TNF ALPHA THERAPY ON THE SILENT GUT INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS, TARGETED BY MEANS OF ABDOMINAL SCINTIGRAPHY WITH 99MTC-HMPAO. Raquel Almodóvar,
Pedro Zarco,
Mercedes Mitjavila,
Ramón Mazzucchelli,
Francisco Javier Quiros

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AB0603 IDIOPATHIC ANTERIOR UVEITIS – IS IT A RHEUMATIC DISEASE ? Artur Bachta,
Marian Sulek,
Jadwiga Staniszewska-Varga,
Mateusz Tlustochowicz,
Witold Tlustochowicz

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AB0604 THE AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: A CLINICAL AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY Pinar Borman,
Zeynep Rezan Yorgancioglu,
Seher Kocaoðlu,
Figen Gokoglu

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AB0605 ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) THERAPY IMPROVES INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) AND PSORIASIS (PS) IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Jurgen Braun,
I Olivieri,
K Boki,
S Kary,
H Kupper,
M Rudwaleit

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AB0606 CHANGES IN ANA AND ANTI-DSDNA TITRES IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DURING TREATMENT WITH ETANERCEPT. Elisabeth Brouwer,
Marcel Posthumus,
Tim Jansen,
George Bruyn,
Anneke Spoorenberg,
Martha Leijsma,
Johan Bijzet

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AB0607 CONTRIBUTION OF TNFALPHA GENE PROMOTER POLYMORPHISMS TO ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SEVERITY Joana Caetano-Lopes,
Elsa Sousa,
Fernando Pimentel dos Santos,
Patricia Pinto,
Ana Rodrigues,
Catarina Resende,
Ana Mourão,
Carlos Rosa,
Helena Canhão,
Francisco Ventura,
Jaime Branco,
José Pereira da Silva,
Mário Viana Queiroz,
João Fonseca

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AB0608 ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: DIAGNOSIS OF PLANE BONE AFFECTION IN EARLY STAGES Vasile Cepoi,
Ala Pascari-Negrescu,
Daniela Cepoi-Bulgac

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AB0609 SMOKING AND OUTCOMES IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Lucy Coates,
Paul Creamer,
Kuntal Chakravarty,
Mary Griffin,
Sarah Hailwood,
Peter Lewis,
Diarnuid Mulherin,
Jon Packham,
Ashok Bhalla

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AB0610 COMPARISON OF PERIPHERAL ENTHESAL INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN FORESTIER’S DISEASE AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS): A POWER DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY (PDUS) STUDY. Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino,
Maxime Breban,
Jean-Marie Le Parc,
Claire Brière

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AB0611 TRANSLATION AND VALIDATION OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS QUALITY OF LIFE (ASQOL) QUESTIONNAIRE Tuncay Duruöz,
Ozlem Yoleri,
Berrin Durmaz,
Lynda Doward,
Lale Cerrahoglu,
Sema Oncel,
Yasemin Turan,
Salih Ozgocmen,
Fikret Tuzun,
Merih Yurtkuran,
Mustafa Calis,
Nihal Tas,
Tiraje Tuncer,
Omer Faruk Sendur,
Ozge Ardicoglu,
Murat Birtane,
Umit Bingol,
Mehmet Kirnap,
Hidayet Sari,
Gulsemin Celik Erturk,
Asuman Memis,
Funda Atamaz,
Ramazan Kizil,
Cahit Kacar,
Gulcan Gurer,
Kaan Uzunca

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AB0612 PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Abdellah El Maghraoui,
Ahmed Bezza,
Aziza Mounach,
Lahsen Achemlal,
Abderrazak Nouijai,
Mirieme Ghazi,
Imad Ghozlani

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AB0613 ACUTE VS CHRONIC ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: A CORRELATION OF THE CLINICAL AND MRI FINDINGS Y El Miedany,
I. Ahmed,
S. Youssef,
M. El Gaafary

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AB0614 SWITCH FROM INFLIXIMAB TO OTHER ANTI TNF THERAPIES, IN A "REAL LIFE" COHORT OF VARIOUS SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES. Valérie Farrenq,
Marinela Pricope,
Claire Brière,
Patrick Cunin,
Tran Doan,
Xavier Chevalier,
Pascal Claudepierre

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AB0615 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INFLIXIMAB THERAPEUTIC MAINTENANCE IN A "REAL LIFE" COHORT OF VARIOUS SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES Valérie Farrenq,
Claire Brière,
Xavier Chevalier,
Pascal Claudepierre,
Marinela Pricope,
Patrick Cunin,
Tran Doan

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AB0616 SUBCLINICAL AND SYMPTOMATIC SACROILITIS IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Monica Fernandez-Castro,
Jose Luis Andreu,
Juan Mulero,
Jesus Sanz,
Lucia Silva

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AB0617 LONG TERM EFFICACY OF ANTI-TNFA AGENTS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE HELLENIC REGISTRY FOR BIOLOGICS Irini Flouri,
Prodromos Sidiropoulos,
Alexandros Drosos,
Kyriaki Boki,
Fotini Skopouli,
Dimitrios Karras,
Ioannis Papadopoulos,
Florentia Kanakoudi,
Pierre Geborek,
Dimitrios Boumpas

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AB0618 CLINICAL SYNDROMES AND DISEASE MANIFESTATIONS OF SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES (SPA) IN AN IRANIAN POPULATION Fariborz Ghaffarpasand,
Mohammad Ali Nazarinia

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AB0619 CLINICAL FINDINGS OF 98 IRANIAN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Fariborz Ghaffarpasand,
Mohammad Ali Nazarinia

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AB0620 PATIENTS WITH SHORT DURATION (<5 YEARS) ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS RESPOND RAPIDLY AND MAINTAIN PARTIAL REMISSION OVER A TWO YEARS PERIOD WHEN TREATED WITH TNF BLOCKING AGENTS AnnaRita Giardina,
Francesco Ciccia,
Alfonso Principato,
Rosalia Impastato,
Giovanni Triolo

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AB0621 EFFECTIVENESS OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY ON PAIN AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Hakan Gunduz,
Eylem Akcan,
Elif Bulak Aydin,
Gulseren Akyuz

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AB0622 ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: THE CORRELATION BETWEEN MOBILITY LIMITATIONS AND RADIOLOGICAL SEVERITY wafa hamdi,
bechir zouari,
abdelmajid ben hamida,
kaouthar saadellaoui,
lilia daoud,
dhouha azzouz,
mohamed ghannouchi

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AB0623 CLINICAL, LABORATORY AND RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER ASSOCIATED ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (FMF-AS) Gulen Hatemi,
Yekta Akcam,
Francesco Fiorentino,
Pamir Atagunduz,
Emire Seyahi,
Huri Ozdogan,
Selda Celik,
Umit Ugurlu,
Bennur Esen,
Gulay Ozgon

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AB0624 GOLIMUMAB SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 GO-RAISE STUDY Robert Inman,
Anna Beutler,
Chenglong Han,
Jurgen Braun,
Benjamin Hsu,
Jacqueline Buchanan,
Desiree van der Heijde,
Shreekant Parasuraman,
Michael Mack,
Atul Deodhar

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AB0625 EARLY ONSET AA AMYLOID IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Maria Juarez,
Shane Clarke

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AB0626 VALIDATION OF THE KOREAN VERSIONS OF BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX (BASDAI) AND FUNCTIONAL INDEX (BASFI) Young Mo Kang,
Seung Woo Han,
Eon Jeong Nam,
Jang Hee Cho,
Kyung Hoon Kim,
Ji Min Kim

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AB0627 THE INFLUENCE OF BIOLOGIC THERAPY ON SLEEP AND FATIGUE IN PEOPLE WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Andrew Keat,
John Pradeep,
Anne Gilbert,
Jane Leeder,
Karl Gaffney,
Claire Harris

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AB0628 ANALYSIS OF T CELL RESPONSE TO SALMONELLA (TYPHIMURIUM) LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Tae-Jong Kim,
Min-Young Her,
Jung-Soo Song,
Bitnara Lee,
Hyun-Joo Lee,
Tae-Hwan Kim

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AB0629 PERIPHERAL JOINT INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Seher KOCAOGLU,
Deniz GUVEN KURULTAK,
Sedat AKDOGAN,
Pinar BORMAN,
Zeynep Rezan YORGANCIOGLU,
Figen GOKOGLU

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AB0630 AORTIC ELASTICITY IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS - RELATED WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY? Ji Hyun Lee,
Hyun Jung Kim,
Kyung Im Cho

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AB0631 THE CHANGES OF AORTIC ROOT PREDICT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN KOREAN PATIENTS BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRELIMINARY DATA Sang-Hoon Lee,
Hyung-In Yang,
Yeon-Ah Lee,
Seung-Jae Hong,
Il-Suk Sohn

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AB0632 FREQUENCY OF ARTICULAR MANIFESTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE(IBD):A MOROCCAN STUDY OF 264 CASES. Mustapha Manass,
Wafae Rachidi,
Saadia Janani,
Ouafa Mkinsi

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AB0633 THE STUDY OF UVEITIS IN ROMANIAN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Mihaela Marinescu,
Florian Berghea,
Costin Mitulescu,
Ruxandra Ionescu,
Monica Dimancescu,
Mihaela Neamtu-Vasilescu,
Laura Isac,
Denisa Predeteanu,
Violeta Bojinca,
Daniela Opris,
Andra Balanescu

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AB0634 TREND TOWARDS INCREASED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS OR INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENTS WITHOUT CLINICALLY EVIDENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. S Mathieu,
H Joly,
G Baron,
A Tournadre,
J Dubost,
J Ristori,
M Soubrier

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AB0635 A SIX-MONTH PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF INTRAVENOUS PAMIDRONATE IN THE TREATMENT OF CONVENTIONAL DRUG-REFRACTORY SPONDILARTHROPATY Dina Medeiros,
Miguel Sousa,
Rui Figueiredo,
Cândida Silva,
Cláudia Miguel,
Filipe Barcelos,
Manuela Micaelo

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AB0636 A DRUG UTILISATION OBSERVATION (DUO) STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ENBREL (ETANERCEPT) IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Thomas Meng,
Thilo Klopsch,
Gunther Neeck,
Peter Loeschmann,
Joachim Sieper

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AB0637 RAISE STUDY – OBSERVATIONAL AND CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE ACTUAL REALITY OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN PORTUGAL Luis Miranda,
Catarina Silva,
Maria Queiroz,
Filipa Negreiro

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AB0638 THE RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER WITH CONCOMITTAN SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY PATIENTS: CASE SERIES Baris Nacir,
Aynur Karagoz,
Burcu Duyur Cakit,
Meryem Saracoglu,
Hatice Erdem

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AB0639 HLA-B27 SUBTYPES IN KOREAN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS : CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL FEATURE Sung-Hoon Park,
Won-Tae Chung,
Gunwoo Kim,
Seong-Kyu Kim,
Jung-Yoon Choe

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AB0640 GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Parvin Pasalar,
Mohsen Soroosh,
Soosan Soroosh

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AB0641 QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: A PILOT STUDY Fernando Pimentel-Santos,
Jaime Branco,
Ana Ribeiro,
Miguel Sousa,
Pedro Soares-Branco,
João Fonseca,
Mário Queirós,
Patricia Pinto,
Margarida Cruz,
Célia Ribeiro,
Ana Mourão,
José Costa,
Elsa Sousa,
Anabela Barcelos,
Graça Sequeira,
Rui Santos,
Helena Santos,
Sara Rabiais

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AB0642 PATTERNS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Denis Poddubnyy,
Andrey Rebrov

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AB0643 WHAT ARE THE MAIN FACTORS OF THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS? Denis Poddubnyy,
Nina Karoli,
Andrey Rebrov

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AB0644 HEART RHYTHM AND CONDUCTION DYSFUNCTIONS IN ANKYLISING SPONDYLOARTHRITIS PATIENS Tatiana Popova,
Julia Kodolova

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AB0645 VEGF AS THE MARKER OF DISEASE ACTIVITY OF SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES Hanna Przepiera-Bedzak,
Iwona Brzosko,
Katarzyna Fischer,
Marek Brzosko

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AB0646 RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS WITH AXIAL INVOLVEMENT. COMPARISON WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Roberta Ramonda,
Leonardo Punzi,
Alessandra Gava,
Chiara Valvason,
Paola Frallonardo,
Valentina Modesti,
Alessandro Lo Nigro,
Antonio Piccoli

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AB0647 RELIABILITY OF THE BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS FUNCTIONAL INDEX (BASFI) EXPRESSED AS THE MINIMAL DETECTABLE DIFFERENCE. Ole Rintek Madsen,
Lonnie Hansen,
Anne Rytter,
Charlotte Egsmose

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AB0648 OCHRONOTIC SPONDYLARTHROPATHY (OSPA) AS A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RADIOGRAFIC ABNORMALITIES WITH BAMBOO SPINE AND SACROILIITIS. Ole Rintek Madsen,
Karen Dirksen,
Hanne Slott Jensen,
Mette Harr

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AB0649 CLINICAL PROFILE FROM A INCEPTION COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH ESPONDYLOARTHRITIS OF TOW OR LESS YEARS OF EVOLUTION. L. Marena Rojas-Vargas,
P. Zarco,
C. Gonzalez,
E. Collantes,
E. Batlle,
X. Juanola,
J. Gratacós,
A. Escudero,
E. Muñoz,
J. Mulero,
J.C. Torre-Alonso,
J.L. Fernandez-Sueiro

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AB0650 EFFECTIVENESS OF ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED-STAGE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Martin Rudwaleit,
S Kary,
J Torre Alonso,
R Wong,
H Kupper,
W Spieler,
M Kron

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AB0651 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF GUIDE-FREE SACROILIAC INJECTION IN TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY’S REFRACTORY LOW BACK PAIN shahram sadreddini,
mohammadreza ardalan,
mahshid molaeefard,
hamid noshad

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AB0652 INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR WORK DAYS LOST AND PERMANENT WORK DISABILITY IN A PROSPECTIVE COHORT OF MEXICAN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Julia Sanchez-Hernandez,
Alfredo Celis,
Rebeca Villa-Manzano,
Jorge Gamez-Nava,
Jaime Morales-Romero,
Laura Gonzalez-Lopez

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AB0653 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEXICAN WITH ADULT ONSET OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Julia Sanchez-Hernandez,
Laura Gonzalez-Lopez,
Jaime Martinez-Ramirez,
Elva Rojo-Contreras,
Jaime Morales-Romero,
Jorge Gamez-Nava

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AB0654 NON-RADIOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LUMBAR MOBILITY RESTRICTION IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Jesús Sanz,
J.L Fdez-Sueiro,
E. Collantes,
P. Fernández Dapica,
J. Mulero,
Xavier Juanola,
E. Batlle,
C.M González,
E. Brito,
L.F Linares

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AB0655 ASSESSMENT OF EPICARDIAL FAT TISSUE IN MEN WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, BEHCET’S DISEASE AND SPONDYLARTHROPATHY Ismail Sari,
Salih Pay,
Ayhan Dinc,
Cem Koz,
Ismail Simsek,
Hakan Erdem,
Fatih Cay,
Oben Baysan

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AB0656 PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF-ALPHA THERAPY. DATA FROM REGISPONSER COHORT (SPANISH NATIONAL REGISTER OF SPONDILARTHROPATHIES) Ruxandra Schiotis,
J Mulero,
T Clavaguera,
V Villaverde,
MD Miranda,
E Muñoz,
P Font,
C Montilla,
LF Linares,
C Vázquez,
JC Torre Alonso,
E Collantes

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AB0657 INFLUENCE FACTORS OF PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. DATA FROM REGISPONSER COHORT (SPANISH NATIONAL REGISTER OF SPONDILARTHROPATHIES). Ruxandra Schiotis,
P Font,
E Muñoz,
E Batlle,
C Vázquez,
MªC Fernández,
T Clavaguera,
MJ Moreno,
JC Torre Alonso,
M Pujol,
R Queiro,
E Calero,
E Giménez,
E Cuende,
AJ Más,
LF Linares,
E Collantes

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AB0658 INFLUENCING AND RELATING FACTORS OF THE RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. DATA FROM REGISPONSER COHORT (SPANISH NATIONAL REGISTER OF SPONDILARTHROPAHTIES). Ruxandra Schiotis,
P Font,
E Júdez,
E Muñoz,
E Moreno,
C Montilla,
E Giménez,
E Cuende,
AJ Más,
LF Linares,
C Medrano,
M Fernández,
E Collantes

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AB0659 INFLUENCE OF THE ANTI-TNF-ALPHA THERAPY ON RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION, PHYSICAL FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. DATA OF 20 MONTH FOLLOW-UP FROM REGISPONSER COHORT (SPANISH NATIONAL REGISTER OF SPONDILARTHROPATHIES) Ruxandra Schiotis,
E Judez,
E Muñoz,
P Zarco,
E Moreno,
J Gratacós,
P Font,
X Juanola,
E Batlle,
E Brito,
P Fernández-Dapica,
E Collantes

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AB0660 IMPROVEMENT OF REFRACTORY ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN RESPONSE TO RITUXIMAB: A CASE REPORT Heinz Schleenbecker,
Katrin Streubel,
Katrin Storck Müller

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AB0661 THE EFFECT OF ANTI-TNF TREATMENT ON MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX (MPI) AND TISSUE DOPPLER IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Soner Senel,
Harun Evrengul,
Ozgur Taskoylu,
Veli Cobankara

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AB0662 THE EFFECT OF ANTI-TNF TREATMENT ON QT DISPERSION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Soner Senel,
Veli Cobankara,
Harun Evrengul,
Ozgur Taskoylu,
Aydýn Guclu

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AB0663 CORRELATION BETWEEN BIOMARKERS OF DISEASE ACTIVITY AND LOWER LIMB ENTHESOPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH UNDIFFERENTIATED SPONDYLARTHRITIS Cristina Tanaseanu,
Stefanita Tanaseanu,
Elena Moldoveanu,
Teodorian Irimia,
Monica Popescu,
Alina Dumitrascu,
Isabela Tiglea

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AB0664 RESPONSE TO SUPRESSION OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH ANKILOSING SPONDYLITIS OR UNDIFFERENCIATED SPONDILOARTHROPATY WHO PRESENTS REMISSION CRITERIA: A SERIES FO 105 PATIENTS Vicente Torrente-Segarra,
Xavier Juanola Roura,
Jordi Gratacós Casamitjà,
Raimon Sanmartí Sala

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AB0665 RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND COST OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN BRAZIL Themis Torres,
Marcos Ferraz,
Rozana Ciconelli

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AB0667 MYELOID DENDRITIC CELLS CORRELATE WITH C REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH INFLIXIMAB Marie-Elise Truchetet,
Thierry Schaeverbeke,
Christophe Richez,
Joël Dehais,
Chantal Dumoulin-Richez,
Thomas Barnetche,
Patrick Blanco

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AB0668 THORACO-ABDOMINAL MOTION IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: ASSOCIATION WITH STANDARDIZED CLINICAL MEASURES AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY George Tzelepis,
Charalampos Mandros,
Georgia Kalliakosta,
Athanasios Tzioufas,
Petros Sfikakis,
Kiriaki Boki,
Charalampos Roussos,
Haralampos Moutsopoulos

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AB0669 RELIABILITY OF CHEST EXPANSION AND THORACOABDOMINAL MOTION MEASUREMENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN HEALTHY MEN George Tzelepis,
Svetlana Zosimidou,
Olga Kouniaki,
Georgia Kalliakosta,
Dimitrios Pikazis,
Maria Papanicolaou

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AB0670 DISEASE PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES (SPA) FROM IBEROAMÉRICA (IBA): THE RESPONDIA GROUP REPORT. I Janitzia Vázquez-Mellado,
o n behalf of RESPONDIA group*,
Eduardo Collantes Estevez,
Ruben Burgos - Vargas,
Valderilio F Azevedo,
Anabela Barcelós,
Cesar Graf,
Pilar Font,
Jorge Saavedra,
Daniel Palleiro,
Percival Sampaio-Barros,
Ivan Stekman,
Antonio Carlos Ximenes,
Ricardo Saenz,
Alejandro Nitsche,
José Maldonado-Cocco,
Julio Casasola,
Miguel Gutierrez,
Celio Goncalves,
José Chávez,
José Braga,
Alberto Berman

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AB0672 PATTERNS OF ARTICULAR INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Periklis Vounotrypidis,
Georgios Kouklakis,
Konstantinos Manolas,
Petros Zezos,
Efstratios Maltezos,
Nicolaos Lyratzopoulos,
Eleni Efremidou,
Konstantinos Romanidis

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AB0673 SERUM LEVELS OF P40 IL12/23 IN SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY PATIENTS. Daniel Wendling,
Jean Pierre Cedoz,
Evelyne Racadot

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AB0674 SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVELS OF P40 IL12/23 IN SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY PATIENTS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Daniel Wendling,
Jean Pierre Cedoz,
Evelyne Racadot

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AB0675 POPULATION PHARMACOKINETICS OF GOLIMUMAB, AN ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Zhenhua Xu,
Anna Beutler,
Daniel Baker,
Chuanpu Hu,
Thuy Vu,
Howard Lee,
Charles Pendley,
Carrie Wagner,
Hugh Davis,
Honghui Zhou

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AB0676 AN OPEN LABEL STUDY OF PAMIDRONATE IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN 15 PATIENTS Laurel Young,
Susan Hicks

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AB0677 GENOTYPE OF ACTIVATING KILLER IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE RECEPTORS (KIRS) AFFECTS THE INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL COURSE OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Aleksandra Zon-Giebel,
Piotr Kusnierczyk,
Danuta Kapolka,
Janina Witkowska-Tomiczek,
Sebastian Giebel,
A Pawlik,
Edyta Majorczyk,
Piotr Sikora,
Eugeniusz Zielonka

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FRI0282 HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE ACTIVITY, FUNCTION AND RADIOLOGICAL INDEXES FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM BOTH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND FIBROMYALGIA?. A CROSS-SECTIONAL SPANISH REGISTER OF SPONDILOARTHROPATHYS (REGISPONSER). Raquel Almodóvar,
Loreto Carmona,
Pedro Zarco,
Eduardo Collantes,
Carlos González,
Juan Mulero,
Jose Luis Fernandez Sueiro,
Jordi Gratacós,
Juan Carlos Torres,
Xavier Juanola,
Enrique Batlle,
Rafael Ariza
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0283 EFFICACY OF ADALIMUMAB IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (SPA) AND NO RADIOGRAPHIC SACROILIITIS: CONTINUOUS ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) THERAPY IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT RELAPSES AFTER TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL Anna Amtenbrink,
J Braun,
J Sieper,
H Kupper,
J Listing,
M Rudwaleit,
H Haibel,
R Wong,
F Heldmann
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0284 CORRELATION OF RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION WITH SERUM LEVELS OF SCLEROSTIN IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Heiner Appel,
Joachim Listing,
Rüdiger Müller,
Georg Schett,
Joachim Sieper,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Hildrun Haibel,
Xeonfon Baraliakos
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0285 BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS WITH AND WITHOUT TNFALPHA BLOCKER TREATMENT REFLECT IMMUNOPATHOLOGY IN AS Heiner Appel,
Louise Janssen,
Joachim Listing,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Joachim Sieper
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0286 FREQUENCY AND CYTOKINE SECRETION PROFILE OF FOXP3+ SYNOVIAL T CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS, OTHER SPONDYLOARTHRITIDES, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND UNDIFFERENTIATED OLIGOARTHRITIS. Heiner Appel,
Joachim Sieper,
Andreas Thiel,
Peihua Wu
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0287 WORK DISABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTROPATHY. DATA FROM THE SPANISH REGISTRY OF PATIENTS WITH SPONDILOARTHROPATHY (REGISPONSER). Rafael Ariza-Ariza,
Luis Linares,
Xavier Juanola,
Jordi Gratacós,
Eduardo Collantes,
Pilar Fernández-Dapica,
Jose Luis Fernández-Sueiro,
Juan Mulero,
Pedro Zarco,
Enrique Batlle
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0288 THE NATURAL COURSE OF RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS – DETAILED ANALYSIS OF A LARGE RETROSPECTIVE COHORT Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Listing,
Anna von der Recke,
Juergen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0289 THE LOWER PART OF THE THORACIC SPINE ADDS IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN ASSESSMENT OF RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Listing,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Joachim Sieper,
Juergen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0290 PERSISTENT CLINICAL EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS OVER 7 YEARS – EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF-A THERAPY Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Listing,
Claudia Fritz,
Rieke Alten,
Gerd Burmester,
A. Krause,
Stefan Schewe,
Matthias Schneider,
Helmut Soerensen,
Henning Zeidler,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Joachim Sieper,
Juergen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0291 PERSISTENT CLINICAL RESPONSE IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AFTER 5 YEARS OF TREATMENT WITH ETANERCEPT Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Sieper,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Jan Brandt,
Frank Heldmann,
In-Ho Song,
Hildrun Haibel,
Claudia Fritz,
Joachim Listing,
Juergen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0292 THE NATURAL COURSE OF RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS – EVIDENCE FOR NON-LINEAR PROGRESSION IN A LARGE PROPORTION OF PATIENTS Xenofon Baraliakos,
Anna von der Recke,
Joachim Listing,
Juergen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0294 TREATMENT EFFECT OF COX-2 SELECTIVE AND NON-SELECTIVE NSAIDS ON ACUTE PHASE REACTANTS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Mathilde Benhamou,
Maxime Dougados,
Laure Gossec
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0295 CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF INCREASED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) IN PAINFUL ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) PATIENTS. Mathilde Benhamou,
Laure Gossec,
Maxime Dougados
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0296 SERIAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE SACROILIAC JOINT AND LUMBAR SPINE IN EARLY INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HLA-B27, SYMPTOMS AND DISEASE EXTENT AND PERSISTENCE. Alexander Bennett,
Elizabeth Hensor,
Michael Green,
Helena Marzo-Ortega,
Philip O'Connor,
Paul Emery,
Dennis McGonagle
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0297 RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF DRUGS IN 75 UNDIFFERENTIATED AXIAL SPA VERSUS 100 SPA FULFILLING NEW YORK CRITERIA FOR AS Jean-Marie Berthelot,
Stéphanie Gerard,
Benoît Le Goff,
Pascale Guillot,
Florence Chevalet-Muller,
Joëlle Glemarec,
Yves Maugars
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0299 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ANTI-TNF AGENTS FOR ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS): Henning Bliddal,
Robin Christensen,
Lars Kristensen,
Marc Hochberg,
Else Bartels,
Bente Danneskiold-Samsoe,
Pierre Geborek
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0300 INFLAMMATORY SPINAL MRI LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND SHORT HISTORY OF AXIAL PAIN PREVAIL IN THE POSTERIOR STRUCTURES Anna Bochkova,
A Lewschakova,
N Bunchuk
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0301 TOWARDS AN ICF-BASED CLINICAL MEASURE OF FUNCTIONING IN PEOPLE WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: A METHODOLOGICAL EXPLORATION Annelies Boonen,
Gerold Stucki,
Roger Hilfiker,
Alarcos Cieza,
Désirée van der Heijde,
Jurgen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0302 THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Annelies Boonen,
Andre Ament,
Vladimir Gordeev,
Walter Maksymowych,
Lionel Schachna,
Silvia Evers
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0303 THE ASAS/WHO LARGE AND BRIEF ICF CORE SETS FOR ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Annelies Boonen,
Feng Huang,
Désirée van der Heijde,
Gerold Stucki,
Alarcos Cieza,
Nenad Konstanjek,
Irene van der Horst,
Walter Maksymowych,
Jurgen Braun
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0304 AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (SPA) IN MEN AND WOMEN – NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GENDERS IN REGARD TO CLINICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS Henning Brandt,
In-Ho Song,
Anna Amtenbrink,
Inge Spiller,
Heiner Appel,
Janis Vahldiek,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Joachim Sieper
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0305 EUROPEAN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS INFLIXIMAB COHORT (EASIC): LONG-TERM EFFICACY OF INFLIXIMAB THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) AFTER THE END OF AN RCT Jan Brandt,
Frank Heldmann,
Joachim Listing,
Jürgen Braun,
O behalf of the EASIC Study Group
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0306 GOLIMUMAB SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 GO-RAISE STUDY Jurgen Braun,
Michael Mack,
Robert Inman,
Desiree van der Heijde,
Shreekant Parasuranam,
Jacqueline Buchanan,
Benjamin Hsu,
Anna Beutler,
Chenglong Han,
Atul Deodhar
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0307 SOLUBLE TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELL-1 (STREM-1): A NEW MEDIATOR INVOLVED IN EARLY ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Chung Chou,
Chun Chen,
Hsien Liao,
Chang Tsai,
Hung Chen,
Toong Liang
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0308 RETINAL TOXICITY DUE TO ETANERCEPT Muhammet Cinar,
Ayhan Dinc,
Fatih Cakir Gundogan,
Ismail Simsek,
Hakan Erdem,
Salih Pay,
Gungor Sobaci
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0309 A DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ETANERCEPT IN THE PREVENTION OF WORK DISABILITY IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Laura Coates,
Elizabeth Hensor,
Helen Keen,
Nick Barkham,
Alexander Fraser,
Anthony Redmond,
Lorna Cawkwell,
Paul Emery
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0310 A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INFLIXIMAB SHOWS CLINICAL AND MRI EFFICACY IN HLA B27 POSITIVE VERY EARLY ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Laura Coates,
Nick Barkham,
Helen Keen,
Phil O'Connor,
Elizabeth Hensor,
Alexander Fraser,
Lorna Cawkwell,
Dennis McGonagle,
Paul Emery
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0311 EVALUATION OF A MULTI-STEPS METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ASSESSING THE INTRA- AND INTER-OBSERVER RELIABILITY OF POWER DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY (PDUS) FOR DETECTING, SCORING AND SCANNING ENTHESITIS IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (SPA) PATIENTS Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino,
Peter Balint,
Alessandro Ciapetti,
Annamaria Iagnocco,
Esperanza Naredo,
Charlotte Wiell,
Philippe Aegerter
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0312 SERUM DICKKOPF-1 (DKK-1) LEVELS ARE INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Dimitrios Daoussis,
Georgios Giannopoulos,
Anastasia Tsanaktsi,
Maria Karampetsou,
Elena Solomou,
Konstadina Bounia,
Stamatis-Nick Liossis,
Andrew Andonopoulos
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0314 GOLIMUMAB SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES SLEEP IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 GO-RAISE STUDY Atul Deodhar,
B Hsu,
J Buchanan,
S Parasurman,
M Mack,
R Inman,
J Braun,
A Beutler,
C Han,
D van der Heijde
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0315 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES II Y El Miedany,
D Palmer,
I. Ahmed,
M. El Gaafary
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0316 EVALUATING CHANGES IN HEALTH STATUS: SENSITIVITY TO CHANGE OF THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES II IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF-ALPHA THERAPY. Y El Miedany,
D. Palmer,
I. Ahmed,
M. El Gaafary
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0317 EVALUATION OF THE TREATMENT EFFECT OF NSAIDS/TNF BLOCKERS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT DOMAINS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. RESULTS OF A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE RESEARCH. Cécile Escalas,
Stéphane Pavy,
Maxime Dougados,
Jérome Avouac,
Sophie Trijau
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0318 RISK FACTORS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIP PROTHESIS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Pilar Font,
J Mulero,
K De Vlam,
E Collantes,
N Vastesaeger,
W Noel,
A Boonen,
E Muñoz-Gomariz,
B Vander Cruyssen
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0319 INFLUENCE OF THE TREATMENT WITH TNFALPHA BLOCKING AGENTS ON ACTIVITY OF DISEASE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DERIVED FROM THE CZECH NATIONAL REGISTRY Sarka Forejtova,
Karel Pavelka,
Herman Mann,
Karel Chroust
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0320 RISK OF INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS WITH TNF-BLOCKERS : SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW Anne Fouque-Aubert,
Laetitia Jette-Paulin,
Jacques Tebib,
Laure Gossec
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0321 MOTIVATING FACTORS AND BARRIERS TO ESTABLISHING A CLINICAL PATHWAY FOR THE EARLY MANAGEMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY. Milena Gobbo,
Loreto Carmona
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0322 PARADOXAL ADVERSE EVENTS UNDER ANTI-TNFALPHA THERAPY IN SPONDYLARTHRITIDES: SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INFLIXIMAB AND NEW CASES OF DERMATOLOGICAL EVENTS Vincent Goëb,
Jean-François Ménard,
Damien Fouache,
Gilles Avenel,
Macha Kozyreff-Meurice,
Tassadit Ait Abdesselam,
Thierry Lequerre,
Alain Daragon,
Xavier Le Loët,
Gérard Maurey,
Olivier Vittecoq
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0323 LONG-TERM RESULTS OF INFLIXIMAB THERAPY IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: A SEVEN YEARS FOLLOW-UP Carlos González,
María Montoro,
Luis Carreño,
Indalecio Monteagudo,
Laura Cebrián,
Francisco López-Longo,
Enrique Calvo,
Elena Becerra,
Irene Diez-Merchán,
Marta García-Castro,
Maria Dolores Casas,
Maria Carpena
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0324 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: PERFORMED ON THE SPINE, SACROILIAC JOINTS, OR BOTH? Philippe GOUPILLE,
Philippe COTTY,
Denis MULLEMAN,
Emilie DUCOUREAU,
Isabelle GRIFFOUL,
Jean VALAT
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0325 EUROPEAN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS INFLIXIMAB COHORT (EASIC): SAFETY OF LONGTERM THERAPY WITH INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Frank Heldmann,
Jan Brandt,
Jürgen Braun,
on behalf of the EASIC Study group
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
OP-0032 GOLIMUMAB, A NEW, HUMAN, TNF-ALPHA ANTIBODY ADMINISTERED SUBCUTANEOUSLY EVERY 4 WEEKS, IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS): 24-WEEK EFFICACY AND SAFETY RESULTS OF THE RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED GO-RAISE STUDY Jürgen Braun,
John Davis,
Désirée van der Heijde,
Atul Deodhar,
Laura Diekman,
Joachim Sieper,
Sung Kim,
Michael Mack,
John Han,
Ben Hsu,
Anna Beutler,
Robert Inman
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0033 CROSS-VALIDATION OF 4 DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORES FOR ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (ASDAS) IN THE NORDMARD DATABASE Desiree van der Heijde,
Robert Landewe,
Elisabeth Lie,
Tore Kvien
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0034 LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC LEVELS OF IL-23 ARE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS BUT NOT SPONDYLOARTHRITIS. Bernard Vandooren,
Elli Kruithof,
Peggy Jacques,
Herman Mielants,
Martine De Vos,
Gust Verbruggen,
Filip De Keyser,
Dirk Elewaut
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0035 ASSOCIATION OF GENES INVOLVED IN ANTIGEN PRESENTATION AND PROCESSING IN AS Proton Rahman,
Walter Maksymowych,
Robert Inman,
Dafna Gladman,
Nicky Roslin,
Lynette Peddle
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0036 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF OSTEOBLASTS IN ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINTS OF PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS REVEAL REPAIR FUNCTIONS SIMILAR TO OSTEOARTHRITIS Heiner Appel,
Rene Heydrich,
Christoph Loddenkemper,
Axel Hempfing,
Ralph Kayser,
Joachim Sieper
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0037 OVER-EXPRESSION OF HUMAN DEFENSIN 5 IN THE SUBCLINICALLY INFLAMED GUT OF PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Francesco Ciccia,
Alfonso Principato,
Michele Bombardieri,
AnnaRita Giardina,
Claudio Tripodo,
Costantino Pitzalis,
Giovanni Triolo
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0038 EARLY INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN AND MRI SACROILIITIS: SEVERITY OF OSTEITIS AT BASELINE AND HLA-B27 PREDICT ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AT 8 YEARS Alexander Bennett,
Dennis McGonagle,
Philip O'Connor,
Elizabeth Hensor,
Laura Coates,
Paul Emery,
Helena Marzo-Ortega,
Francisca Sivera
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0039 THE CONTRIBUTION OF HLA-B27 AND SEX TO AGE AT ONSET AND TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS - RESULTS FROM GESPIC Martin Rudwaleit,
Joachim Sieper,
Jürgen Braun,
Henning Zeidler,
Hildrun Haibel,
Elisabeth Märker-Hermann,
Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Listing
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Bagatelle
Oral
"Abstract Session: Straight talk on SpA; therapies
OP-0256 DKK-1 LEVELS ARE COMPARABLY INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH AS AND RA, SHOW SIMILAR DECREASES WITH ANTI-TNF THERAPY, AND ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MARKERS OF BONE REMODELING Walter Maksymowych,
Nandi Wang,
Catherine Mallon,
Sharon Morrow
Saturday 14.06.2008 08:45 - 10:15 Amphi Bordeaux
Oral
Inflammation and imaging in AS: what is new?
OP-0257 INFLAMMATORY LESIONS OF THE SPINE ON MRI PREDICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SYNDESMOPHYTES IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: EVIDENCE FOR COUPLING BETWEEN INFLAMMATION AND NEW BONE FORMATION Walter Maksymowych,
Robert Lambert,
Tracey Clare,
Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit
Saturday 14.06.2008 08:45 - 10:15 Amphi Bordeaux
Oral
Inflammation and imaging in AS: what is new?
OP-0258 EVIDENCE FOR A LINK BETWEEN INFLAMMATION AND NEW BONE FORMATION IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS - A DETAILED ANALYSIS Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Listing,
Martin Rudwaleit,
Joachim Sieper,
Juergen Braun
Saturday 14.06.2008 08:45 - 10:15 Amphi Bordeaux
Oral
Inflammation and imaging in AS: what is new?
OP-0259 MRI-INFLAMMATION OF THE VERTEBRAL UNIT (VU) ONLY MARGINALLY CONTRIBUTES TO NEW SYNDESMOPHYTE FORMATION IN THAT UNIT: A MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS Desiree van der Heijde,
Kay-Geert Hermann,
Robert Landewe,
Xenofon Baraliakos,
Harry Houben,
Ben Hsu,
Dan Baker,
Juergen Braun
Saturday 14.06.2008 08:45 - 10:15 Amphi Bordeaux
Oral
Inflammation and imaging in AS: what is new?
SAT0238 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) OF THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL SEGMENT DURING THERAPY WITH ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) IN ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Kay Hermann,
Hildrun Haibel,
Christian Althoff,
Elke Zeise,
Hartmut Kupper,
Jürgen Braun,
Joachim Sieper,
Martin Rudwaleit
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0239 TEN-YEAR TREND OF WORK DISABILITY IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Guillermo Hernandez-Rios,
Sergio Duran-Barragan,
Francisco Javier Aceves-Avila,
Adriana Sanchez-Ortiz,
Cesar Ramos-Remus
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0240 EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-TNF THERAPY IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: RESULTS FROM THE BSR BIOLOGICS REGISTER Kimme Hyrich,
Kath Watson,
Tracey Farragher,
Paul Lord,
Deborah Symmons,
on behalf of the BSRBR
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0241 IL-23R POLYMORPHISMS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN KOREA Tae-Jong Kim,
Lynette Peddle,
Tae-Hwan Kim,
Il-Hoon Sung,
Bitnara Lee,
Proton Rahman,
Celia Greenwood,
Pingzhao Hu,
Robert Inman
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0242 ANALYSIS OF T CELL RESPONSE TO VERSICAN IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Tae-Jong Kim,
Tae-Hwan Kim,
Hyun-Joo Lee,
Kyung-sun Na,
Robert D Inman
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0244 PROGRESSION MEASURED BY THE MRI CHRONICITY SCORE POORLY AGREES WITH PROGRESSION MEASURED BY MSASSS ON RADIOGRAPHS AT THE VERTEBRAL UNIT LEVEL AND AT THE PATIENT LEVEL Robert Landewe,
Kay-Geert Hermann,
Désirée van der Heijde,
Xenophon Baraliakos,
Harry Houben,
Benjamin Hsu,
Daniel Baker,
Juergen Braun
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0245 CLINICAL USEFULNESS OF MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF SACROILIAC JOINT IN THE EVALUATION OF NON-ADVANCED ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS You-Hyun Lee,
Sun-Won Park,
Hyoun-Ah Kim,
Ji Young Hwang,
Chang-Hee Suh,
Yeon Sik Hong,
Chan Hee Lee,
Yeon-Ah Lee,
Seung Jae Hong,
Hyo Jin Choi,
Seong-Ryul Kwon,
Won Park,
Jisoo Lee
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0247 INHIBITION OF OSTEOCLASTS DOES NOT PREVENT JOINT ANKYLOSIS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS Rik Lories,
Inge Derese,
Frank Luyten
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0251 A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST TNF-ALPHA REDUCES INFLAMMATION IN THE HLA-B27 TRANSGENIC RAT MODEL OF HUMAN SPA Mirko Manetti,
Anna Milia,
Lidia Ibba-Manneschi,
Sergio Generini,
Gemma Benelli,
Luca Messerini,
Marco Matucci-Cerinic
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0252 DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE DETECTION OF ACUTE CHANGES IN EARLY SACROILIITIS Salih Ozgocmen,
Zulkif Bozgeyik,
Ercan Kocakoc
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0253 DIAPHRAGMATIC MOVEMENTS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CLINICAL FACTORS. Ömer Pamuk,
Necati Çakýr,
Ercüment Ünlü
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0254 CHANGES IN BIOMARKERS OF CARTILAGE AND BONE TURNOVER IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHRITIS TREATMENT WITH TNFΑ INHIBITORS - RESULTS FROM THE DANISH INVESTIGATOR INITIATED MULTICENTRE STUDY BIOSPA Susanne Pedersen,
Mikkel Østergaard,
Ole Majgaard,
Lis Andersen,
Annette Hansen,
Michael Hansen,
Gorm Thamsborg,
Karsten Asmussen,
Ole Madsen,
Niels Tvede,
Julia Johansen,
P Garnero,
Inge Sørensen,
Jon Erlendsson,
A Loft
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0255 ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION – A CENTRAL NON-HEMODYNAMIC FACTOR OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Denis Poddubnyy,
Andrey Rebrov
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0256 RESTORATION OF MENSTRUATION IN PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE AFTER INITIATION OF ADALIMUMAB Athina Pyrpasopoulou,
Spyros Aslanidis,
Stella Douma,
Pavlos Poulakos,
Areti Triantafyllou,
Chryssanthos Zamboulis
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0257 ASSOCIATION OF STAT4 VARIANTS AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Proton Rahman,
Mohammed Uddin,
Lynette Peddle,
Jeff Reeve,
Dafna Gladman,
Walter Maksymowych,
Robert Inman
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0258 IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE GENES IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS Markus Rihl,
Herbert Kellner,
Reinhold Schmidt,
Henning Zeidler,
Dominique Baeten
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0259 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HLA-B27 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. DATA FROM A LARGE REGISTRY OF PATIENTS. L. Marena Rojas-Vargas,
E. Muñoz,
X. Juanola,
P. Zarco,
J. Mulero,
J. Gratacós,
J.L. Fernandez-Sueiro,
J.C. Torre-Alonso,
C. Gonzalez,
E. Collantes
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0260 RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN EARLY ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Martin Rudwaleit,
Xenofon Baraliakos,
Joachim Listing,
Henning Zeidler,
Hildrun Haibel,
Jürgen Braun,
Joachim Sieper,
Elisabeth Märker-Hermann
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0261 ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) INHIBITS UVEITIS FLARES IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Martin Rudwaleit,
M Kron,
H Kupper,
S Kary,
J Vanhoof,
P Holck,
E Rødevand
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0262 PREDICTORS OF MAJOR CLINICAL RESPONSE (BASDAI 50, ASAS PARTIAL REMISSION) IN 1,250 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) FOR ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Martin Rudwaleit,
P Claudepierre,
P Wordsworth,
E Loza,
R Wong,
M Kron,
S Kary,
H Kupper
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0263 EFFECTS OF INFLIXIMAB ON COXITIS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS O. Rumiantseva,
E. Loginova,
A. Bochkova,
O. Pushkova,
N. Bunchuk
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0264 BRAZILIAN REGISTRY OF SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA OF 1036 PATIENTS. Percival Sampaio-Barros,
Célio Gonçalves,
José Braga-da-Silva,
Antonio Ximenes,
Valderilio Azevedo,
Washington Bianchi,
Rubens Bonfiglioli,
Sueli Carneiro,
Hellen Carvalho,
Marco Carvalho,
Rozana Ciconelli,
Izaias Costa,
Angela Duarte,
Maria Gavi,
Mauro Keiserman,
Charles Kohem,
Nocy Leite,
Sonia Lima,
Eduardo Meirelles,
Ivânio Pereira,
Elizandra Polito,
Sandra Ribeiro,
Francisco Rocha,
Mittermayer Santiago,
Maria Sauma,
Telma Skare,
Roberto Toledo,
Walber Vieira,
Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0265 -383 TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 POLYMORPHISM AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN MEXICAN PATIENTS Julia Sanchez-Hernandez,
Esther Corona-Sanchez,
Monica Vazquez-Del Mercado,
Alberto Rocha-Muñoz,
Jorge Gamez-Nava,
Laura Gonzalez-Lopez,
Jose Muñoz-Valle,
Heriberto Ontiveros-Mercado,
Ricardo Ortega-Flores
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0266 FACTORS RELATED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. DATA FROM REGISPONSER COHORT (SPANISH NATIONAL REGISTER OF SPONDILARTHROPAHTIES). Ruxandra Schiotis,
E Muñoz,
P Font,
X Juanola,
JL Fernández-Sueiro,
P Zarco,
MD Miranda,
J Gratacós,
CM González,
J Mulero,
E Brito,
P Fernández-Dapica,
E Júdez,
E Moreno,
E Montilla,
C Medrano,
M Fernández,
E Collantes
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0267 ADALIMUMAB THERAPY REDUCES PERIPHERAL ARTHRITIS AND ENTHESITIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN THE RHAPSODY STUDY Joachim Sieper,
S Kary,
H Kupper,
M Rudwaleit,
M Kron,
P Järvinen,
R Wong,
O Zamani,
E Griep
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0268 RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON DECREASING THE DOSE OF TNF-A INHIBITORS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Elisabeth Solau-Gervais,
David Aguilera,
Eric Houvenagel,
Isabelle Azais,
Geraldine Durand,
Francoise Debiais
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0269 REDUCED IL-10 PRODUCTION CHARACTERISES THE HOST RESPONSE TO AUTOCHTHONOUS COLONIC BACTERIA IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Simon Stebbings,
John Highton,
Gerald Tannock,
Margaret Baird,
Debra McNamara,
Corrinda Taylor
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0270 DISTINCT TOPOGRAPHY OF EROSION AND NEW BONE FORMATION IN ACHILLES ENTHESITIS Ai Lyn Tan,
Richard Wakefield,
Maria Antonietta D’Agostino,
Hechmi Toumi,
Koji Hayashi,
Paul Emery,
Michael Benjamin,
Dennis McGonagle
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0271 INTRACELLULAR EXPRESSION OF CTLA-4 (CD152) IN SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Eric Toussirot,
Cécile Pagneux,
Fabienne Pouthier,
Philippe Saas,
Daniel Wendling,
Pierre Tiberghien,
Jacqueline Chabod
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0272 HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON OF 3 ENTHESITIS INDICES IN THE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS ANTI-TNF-ALPHA TRIAL OF GOLIMUMAB (GO-RAISE) D van der Heijde,
A Deodhar,
J Davis, Jr.,
J Braun,
R Inman,
M Mack,
A Beutler,
B Hsu
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0273 THREE-YEAR SAFETY AND EFFICACY RESULTS FROM THE ADALIMUMAB (HUMIRA®) TRIAL EVALUATING LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (ATLAS) Desiree van der Heijde,
M Schiff,
B Dijkmans,
J Sieper,
A Kivitz,
R Westhovens,
P Wordsworth,
R Wong,
H Kupper,
S Ballal,
J Davis for the ATLAS Study Group
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0274 GOLIMUMAB SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 GO-RAISE STUDY Désirée van der Heijde,
Chenglong Han,
Michael Mack,
Benjamin Hsu,
Atul Deodhar,
Robert Inman,
Anna Beutler,
Jurgen Braun,
Shreekant Parasuraman,
Jacqueline Buchanan
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0275 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIP INVOLVEMENT IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS. Bert Vander Cruyssen,
Kurt De Vlam,
Nathan Vastesaeger,
Eduardo Collantes,
J Mulero,
E Munoz,
Annelies Boonen,
Wim Noel
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0277 ETANERCEPT IS EFFECTIVE AND WELL TOLERATED IN CHINESE PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: 6-WEEK PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL FOLLOWED BY 6-WEEK OPEN-LABEL TREATMENT J Wajdula,
F Huang,
D MacPeek,
C Shunle,
Z Li,
J Gu,
D Wu
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0278 VALIDATION OF WHOLE BODY MRI AGAINST CONVENTIONAL MRI FOR SCORING INFLAMMATORY LESIONS IN THE SACROILIAC JOINTS Ulrich Weber,
Walter Maksymowych,
Anne Jurik,
Christian Pfirrmann,
Rudolf Kissling,
Muhammad Khan,
Juerg Hodler
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0279 VALIDATION OF WHOLE BODY MRI AGAINST CONVENTIONAL MRI FOR ASSESSING INFLAMMATORY CHANGES OF THE SPINE Ulrich Weber,
Walter Maksymowych,
Rudolf Kissling,
Muhammad Khan,
Christian Pfirrmann,
Juerg Hodler,
Anne Jurik
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0280 SERUM LEVELS OF MMP-3 AND CATHEPSIN K IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENTS , AND EVOLUTION UNDER ANTI TNF-ALPHA THERAPY. Daniel Wendling,
Jean-Pierre Cedoz,
Evelyne Racadot
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0281 IDENTIFICATION OF 2 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS (SNPS) ASSOCIATED WITH SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (SPA) IN THE SPA2 LOCUS (9Q31-34). Elena Zinovieva,
Catherine Bourgain,
Corinne Miceli-Richard,
Maxime Breban,
Gilles Chiocchia,
Mark Lathrop,
Simon Heath,
Roula Saïd-Nahal,
Diana Zelenika
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
16. Psoriatic Arthritis    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0678 THE PARTICULARITIES OF ENTHESITIS IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS Inga Bodrug,
Minodora Mazur,
Irina Guranda,
Lucia Mazur-Nicorici,
Lilia Calin

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AB0689 ANTI CYCLIC CITRULLINATED AND ANTI MUTATED CITRULLINATED VIMENTINE ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS Alexandra Paravisini,
Carmen Porras,
Maria Carpena,
Javier López-Longo,
Indalecio Monteagudo,
Luis Carreño,
Delia Gerona,
Elena Becerra,
Inmaculada De la Torre,
Irene Diez-Merchán

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AB0690 RECURRENCE RISK OF ARTHRITIS AMONG PSORIATIC PATIENTS Ole Pedersen,
Peter Junker

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AB0693 AUDIT ON THE APPLICATION OF THE NEW CASPAR CRITERIA FOR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS OVER THE PAST (MOLL AND WRIGHT, ESSG, VASEY AND ESPINOSA, FOURNIE’S , BENNETT’S ) ON PATIENTS SEEN IN THE EVERY DAY CLINICAL PRACTICE AT A DGH. Thalia Roussou,
Laura Congi

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AB0695 PSORIASIS OCCURRENCE OR REACTIVATION UNDER ANTI TNF THERAPY. A CASE SERIES. Daniel Wendling,
Daniel Briançon,
Jean-Charles Balblanc,
Alain Brousse,
Anne Lohse,
Philippe Deprez,
François Aubin

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AB0696 INFLAMMATORY EFFECT ON THE LEVEL OF DYSLIPIDEMIA IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS A Yanysheva,
V Badokin,
E Alexandrova

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SAT0284 A SIMPLE ADDITIVE DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX FOR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: FIRST EVALUATIONS OF CLINICAL VALIDITY Daniel Aletaha,
Monika Schoels,
Julia Funovits,
Arthur Kavanaugh,
Daniel Baker,
Josef Smolen
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0289 THE PERFORMANCE OF CASPAR CRITERIA IN EARLY PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM AN ITALIAN PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE STUDY Salvatore D'Angelo,
Alberto Cauli,
Maria Ferrante,
Mariangela Atteno,
Laura Rotunno,
Massimiliano Vasile,
Mariagrazia Catanoso,
Wendy Parsons,
Giuseppe Provenzano,
Raffaele Scarpa,
Alessandro Mathieu,
Antonio Marchesoni,
Antonio Spadaro,
Carlo Salvarani,
Ennio Lubrano,
Maria Cutro,
Pietro Leccese,
Ignazio Olivieri
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0292 GOLIMUMAB, A NEW HUMAN TNF-ALPHA ANTIBODY, ADMINISTERED EVERY 4 WEEKS AS A SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: NAIL, ENTHESITIS, AND DACTYLITIS RESPONSE IN THE RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, GO-REVEAL STUDY D Gladman,
J Gómez-Reino,
P Mease,
I McInnes,
A Kavanaugh,
K Papp,
J Livingston,
S Mudivarthy,
M Mack,
A Beutler,
G Krueger
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0311 SACROILIITIS PREVALENCE IN A COHORT OF 242 PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS. Agusti Sellas,
Basilio Rodríguez-Diez,
Mireia Barceló,
Sandra Farietta,
Pere Barceló
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0313 ANTIBODIES AGAINST CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE AND AGAINST MODIFIED CITRULLINATED VIMENTIN IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS- IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP TO JOINT EROSIONS? Jiri Stolfa,
Liliana Sedova,
Ivana Putova,
Lenka Kleinhamplova
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
17. Osteoarthritis- clinical aspects and treatment    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0736 METHOTREXATE IN EROSIVE HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS Nadia Radics,
Simona Falaus,
Laura Damian,
Daniela Pentilescu,
Adriana Albu,
Simona Rednic,
CR Bolosiu,
Siao-pin Simon

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18. Osteoporosis    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0803 CHRONIC DISEASES AND OSTEOPOROSIS Nenad Prodanovic,
Tihomir Ilic,
Jaroslav Bojovic,
Ksenija Gardasevic

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FRI0388 IN FEMALES WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIDES (IAS) AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES (CTDS), OSTEOPOROSIS (OP) ASSESSED BY CALCANEAL QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS) IS PREDICTIVE OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURE (VF) RISK ASSESSED BY COMPUTERISED BONE MORPHOMETRY Angela Del Rosso,
Chiara Minari,
Daniela Melchiorre,
Francesca De Giorgio,
Susanna Maddali-Bongi,
Giuseppe Seghieri,
Marco Matucci Cerinic
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
20. Infection-related rheumatic diseases    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0846 CONCOMITANT SEPTIC AND CRYSTAL INDUCED ARTHRITIS Sonia Mínguez,
Jeronima Cañellas,
Xavier Tena,
Elisabet García,
Susana Holgado,
Emma García,
Anna Moltó,
Lourdes Mateo,
Dolors Grados,
Alejandro Olivé

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OP-0222 EMERGING CHRONIC RHEUMATOLOGIC DEMONSTRATIONS POST CHIKUNGUNYA IN LA RÉUNION Anne Ribera,
Bérengère Dassa,
Bernard Gauzere,
Marie Christine Jaffar Bandjee,
Frédérique Mohy,
Philippe Gasque
Friday 13.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 241
Oral
Abstract Session: Education as part of treatment
SAT0357 COMORBID INFECTIONS IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES Boris Belov,
Rimma Balabanova,
Susanna Manukyan
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0371 NON-TUBERCULOUS INFECTIOUS SPONDYLODISCITIS: A SERIES OF 21 CASES lluis Rosello,
Francesc Palliso,
ramon Torres,
montse Conde,
nuria Montala,
Luis Martin
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
21. Fibromyalgia    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0889 THE PREVALENCE AND ROLE OF FIBROMYALGIA IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. Naomi Schlesinger,
Stella Bard,
Afton Hassett,
Shantal Savage,
Kiron Das

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THU0385 HEALTH CARE RESOURCE USE BY PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA Javier Rivera,
Milena Gobbo,
Miguel Angel Vallejo,
Joaquim Esteve-Vives
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
22. Back pain, Mechanical musculoskeletal problems, local soft tissue disorders    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
SAT0407 ERECTOR SPINAE ACTIVITY IN LOW BACK PAIN PATIENTS, USE OF MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS OF ACTIVITY Mª-Ángeles Sarti-Martínez,
Alberto Ferrer-Riquelme,
Manolo Zarzo-Castelló,
Nuria Portillo-Poblador,
Juan Hervás-Juan,
Francisco Pérez-Torres
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
SAT0412 FLUOROSCOPIC-GUIDED CERVICAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION VIA A POSTEROLATERAL APPROACH Alain ZAGALA,
Michael NISSEN,
Philippe GAUDIN,
Robert JUVIN
Saturday 14.06.2008
Poster
23. Management of pain in rheumatic diseases    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
THU0405 LIVING WITH A FLUCTUATING ILLNESS OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) Anne Marit Mengshoel Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
24. Paediatric rheumatology    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0926 CLINICAL AND EVOLUTIONAL MANIFESTATIONS IN JUVENILE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS Vasile Cepoi,
Gregory Covalciuc,
Diana Covalciuc,
Daniela Cepoi-Bulgac

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AB0930 OUTCOME OF JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIA) PATIENTS FOLLOWED IN A SINGLE CENTER Gulen Hatemi,
Umit Ugurlu,
Mehmet Yuruyen,
Ozgur Kasapcopur,
Yilmaz Ozyazgan,
Huri Ozdogan

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OP-0065 A TWELVE-WEEK, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INFLIXIMAB IN JUVENILE-ONSET SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (JO-SPA). Ruben Burgos-Vargas,
Raúl Gutiérrez-Suárez,
Janitzia Vázquez-Mellado,
Julio Casasola-Vargas
Thursday 12.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Amphi Havane
Oral
Abstract Session PRES: Biologics and biomarkers in JIA
OP-0183 THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF 94 FRENCH PATIENTS CARRYING A SINGLE MUTATED MEFV ALLELE isabelle koné-paut,
Véronique Hentgen,
Severine guillaume,
sandrine lacassagne,
Tu-Anh Tran,
isabelle touitou
Friday 13.06.2008 10:15 - 11:45 Maillot
Oral
"Abstract Session: Periodic Fever syndromes; take two Aspirin
OP-0271 UPDATE ON THE SUCCESS OF A TRANSITION CLINIC ESTABLISHED FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES Nicole Johnson,
Nicole Lebrie,
Krystina Kiefer,
Nicole Fahlman,
Paivi Miettunen,
AnneMarie Crawford,
Terri Lupton
Saturday 14.06.2008 12:00 - 13:30 Amphi Havane
Oral
Abstract Session: Rheumatoid disease in adolescence
THU0414 JUVENILE-ONSET SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: BETWEEN JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (ERA) AND DIFFERENTIATED SPONDILOARTHRITIS Alexis Virgil Cochino,
Nicolae Iagaru,
Mirela Iusan,
Eliza Cinteza
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0416 RISK FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE ARTHRITIS Rina Denisova,
Ivan Smirnov,
Kseniya Isaeva,
Alexandra Chomahidze,
Saniya Valiyeva,
Tatyana Bzarova,
Polina Zjabkina,
Galina Gordeyeva,
Ekaterina Alekseyeva,
Elena Gudkova,
Alexandr Lisitsyn,
Eugeniya Chistyakova
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0423 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ANTI TUMOR NECROSIS ALPHA BLOCKADE IN THE TREATMENT OF JUVENILE SPONDYLARTHROPATHY CHANTAL JOB-DESLANDRE,
MOANA SULPICE,
PIERRE QUARTIER
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0434 SUBCLINICAL INVOLVEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN CHILDHOOD COLLAGEN DISEASES Sonya Rashad,
Khaled Hassan,
Essam El-Garhy,
Hosni El-Masry,
Mohamed Mattar,,
Salwa Elgendi
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
THU0436 PROGRESSIVE PSEUDO RHEUMATOID CHONDRODYSPLASIA: A REPORT OF FIVE CASES IN TWO FAMILIES samira rostom,
Najia HAJJAJ-HASSOUNI,
noufissa Lazrak,
bouchra amine,
loubna bennani
Thursday 12.06.2008
Poster
25. Miscellaneous rheumatic diseases    
No. Abstract title Author/Co-Authors details: Date Location Session
AB0952 RELATION OF ENTEROPATHIC ARTHRITIS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND THEIR POSSIBLE HERITAGE MARIA DEL ROSARIO RODRIGUEZ MORENO,
MA GUZMAN,
MT MIRANDA,
M GÓMEZ-GARCIA,
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AB0953 CLINICAL PATTERNS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF RHEUMATIC DERIVED UVEITIS IN COLOMBIA. Juan Rueda,
Ruben Mantilla,
Christian López-Castillo,
Jorge Rueda,
Hermann González,
Alejandra de-la-Torre

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FRI0404 FAMILIAL OCCURRENCE OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN RELATIVES OF CAUCASIAN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES: REPORT OF PRELIMINARY DATA ON DIRECT INTERVIEW OF 703 PATIENTS Marta Mosca,
Stefano Bombardieri,
Paola Migliorini,
Anna d'Ascanio,
Linda Carli,
Chiara Tani,
Laura Bazzichi
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0409 EFFECTIVENESS OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHROPATHIES: MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN PAIN, BUT NOT IN PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING Hanne Osnes-Ringen,
Jan Egil Henriksen,
Tore Kvien,
Petter Mowinckel,
Hanne Dagfinrud
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster
FRI0411 SACROILIAC JOINT INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH HLA-B27 ACUTE ANTERIOR UVEITIS Roberta Priori,
Guido Valesini,
Antonio Sili Scavalli,
Simone Milani,
Giacomo Baccano,
Lorenzo Testaverde,
Mario Marini,
Marco Liverani,
Paola Pivetti Pezzi
Friday 13.06.2008
Poster