"Stamps 15c"

INTRODUCTION:

This is the third and last installment publishing the 198 abstracts presented at Pediatric Rheumatology 2003: Park City and Beyond, held in Snowmass, Colorado in March 2003. The majority of these final 57 abstracts fit into topics which are not disease-specific. There are also more than 20 abstracts listed here which initially appeared in either the June or July PROJ issues.  They are presented again to provide a more complete representation of the experience and research conducted in the various subject areas outlined below, especially in the area of "Newer Medical Treatments". Previously cited abstracts retain their initial abstract number.

                                                        Table of Contents

VI. BONE

  A. Osteoporosis (Abstracts 142-146)

  B. Miscellaneous  (Abstracts 147-152)

VII. RHEUMATIC FEVER (Abstracts 153-156)

VIII. LYME DISEASE (Abstracts 157-158)

IX. NEWER MEDICAL TREATMENTS

  A. Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy (Abstract 159-161)

  B. Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody (Rituximab) (Abstract 162)

  C. Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation (Abstract 163)

X. IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMES (Abstracts 164-165)

XI. BASIC IMMUNOLOGY (not disease specific)  (Abstracts 166-172)

XII. HEALTH -CARE DELIVERY   (Abstracts 173-181)

XIII. EPIDEMIOLOGY - INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (Abstracts 182-184)

XIV. PAIN / HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE  (Abstracts 185-189)

XV. MISCELLANEOUS CLINICAL STUDIES (Abstracts 190-198)

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