Registered Charity No. 1060134

CME Course

 

How to manage difficult cases of Lupus Nephritis

 

The Old Town, Stockholm

May 10, 2008 - 12:00-16:00

Stockholm, Sweden

 

ERA-EDTA CME Activities

Chair-person: R. Coppo (Italy)

Secretary: A.L.M. De Francisco (Spain)

Members: J. Floege (Germany)

R. Vanholder (Belgium)

A. Wiecek (Poland)

C. Zoccali (Italy)

J. Cannata-Andia, ERA-EDTA President (Spain)

CME Courses Coordinators:

Basic Science and Clinical Nephrology: R. Coppo (Italy) and P. Ronco (France).

Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension and Clinical Epidemiology: C. Zoccali (Italy) and G. London (France).

Dialysis: R. Vanholder (Belgium), S. Davies (UK) and C. Wanner (Germany).

Transplantation: C. Ponticelli (Italy) and J. Grinyo (Spain).

Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe: N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizers: Franco Ferrario, Milan (Italy)

Information and registration

Participation is free of charge but is open only to delegates registered in the Congress.

If you have pre-registered to the Congress, you can participate in the Courses by simply downloading the form and send it by fax to +39-0521-959242 or by email to registrations@era-edta.org within and no later than April 7, 2008.

If you haven’t pre-registered, you can do it online at www.eraedta2008.org/registrations2008.htm within and no later than April 7, 2008. After April 7, 2008 you will have the possibility of registering onsite, first for the Congress and thus after also for the Course, directly on May 10 starting at 8.00. Admission to the Course is limited to the seating capacity of the lecture hall, thus "first come first served" basis will be applied.

Course participants will be awarded UEMS credits (convertible in AMA credits).

A coloured sticker will be attached to your badge at the entrance of the hall of the CME Course chosen and will entitle entrance to that course only.

 

 

COURSE PROGRAMME

Introduction: disease assessment, therapy and monitoring, J. Boletis, Athens (Greece)

Interactive case presentations:

Refractory proliferative nephritis: T. Cook, London (UK)

Nephrotic Syndrome: A. Fogo, Nashville (USA)

Role of repeat biopsy: F. Ferrario, Milan (Italy)

Thrombotic Microangiopathy: I. Bajema, Leiden (The Netherlands)

Conclusion: Alternative therapies, C. Pusey, London (UK)

General discussion