preliminary PROGRAM

Sunday, August 30th

S. Bombardieri             Course presentation
J.R. Kalden                  Pathogenesis of SLE
M. Cutolo                     “Hormone D” in SLE

Monday, August 31st

Morning: Therapy of SLE: traditional drugs and new prospective
R. Danesi.                                The role of pharmacogenomics in the treatment of SLE
H. Bijlsma                                Corticosteroids and SLE
N. Costedoat- Chalumeau         Hydroxychloroquine and SLE
F. Houssiau                             “Traditional drugs” in SLE. Focus on immunosuppressive drugs
R. Van Vollenhoven                  Biological therapies in SLE
A. Tyndall                                Stem cell therapy of SLE

Afternoon
A.G. Tzioufas                           Drug therapy and prevention of infertility in SLE
M. Mazzantini                           Drug therapy and osteoporosis in SLE
M. Ostensen                            Drug therapy and toxicity in pregnancy and lactation
Practice exercise: presentation of a computerized programme to assess and monitor SLE patients

Tuesday, September 1st

Morning: Kidney involvement
Difficult clinical case: lupus nephritis
O. Rekvig                                            Pathogenetic autoantibodies in lupus nephritis
P. Migliorini                                          Laboratory assessment in lupus nephritis in routine clinical practice: a critical overview
G. Moroni                                            Clinical features and prognostic factors in LN
to be defined                       Urinary proteomic in SLE
J. Berden                                             Renal replacement therapy in SLE
D. Boumpas                                        Therapeutic algorhytms in lupus nephritis
Presentation of 1 difficult clinical case

Afternoon: The challenging aspects of lupus
A. Delle Sedie                                      Joint involvement in SLE
C.M. Montecucco                                 Fever and SLE
R. Voll                                                 Hematological manifestations of SLE
G. Valesini                                           Vaccines in SLE
P.C. Sarzi-Puttini                                  Fybromyalgia and SLE
M. Schneider                                       Late onset SLE
Presentation of 2 difficult clinical cases

Wednesday, September 2nd

Morning Y. Shoenfeld                                       Infections and autoimmunity
CNS involvement
Difficult clinical case
G. Riemekasten            Pathogenesis of CNS involvement in SLE
A. Tincani                     Neurological manifestations of CNS involvement in SLE
M. Govoni                    Imaging and NPSLE
T. Huizinga                   Treatment of NPSLE
PRACTICAL POINT: The development of a questionnaire to assess neurological involvement in SLE patients

Afternoon : FREE

Thursday, September 3rd

Morning
M. Ward                       Disease activity and damage indices in SLE, an overview
M. Mosca                     Recommendation for monitoring SLE patients in clinical practice
D. Boumpas                 EULAR Recommendations for the management of SLE
D. D’Cruz                     Fatigue and quality of life in SLE
R. Cervera                    Can we further improve SLE prognosis?

Afternoon: Skin involvement
Difficult clinical case: cutaneous involvement
V. Werth                       Overview of cutaneous manifestations in Lupus erythematosus
R. Rondinone               Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cutaneous involvement in Lupus Erythematosus
A. Kuhn:                       Treatment of cutaneous manifestations of Lupus Erythematosus
Presentation of 2 difficult clinical cases

Friday, September 4th

Morning: SLE and related conditions
Clinical case: difficult to diagnose patient: SLE vs MCTD vs overlap syndrome
A. Doria                       Long-term prognosis in SLE patients
S. Bombardieri             Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases
M. Aringer                    Overlap syndromes and MCTD
P.L. Meroni                  Anti-phospholipid syndrome
Presentation of 2 difficult clinical cases

Afternoon:Pregnancy and SLE
A. Martini                     Juvenile lupus
F. Strigini                     pregnancy in SLE: the obstetrician view
A. Brucato                    Neonatal lupus and outcome of babies  of SLE patients

Presentation of 2 difficult clinical cases