Pediatric Rheumatology: Childhood Onset Lupus

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Lectures

Lecture 1: CNS involvement (Hermine Brunner, Cincinnati, USA)

Lecture 2: Update on Pathogenesis of Lupus (Klaus Tenbrock, Aachen, Germany)

Lecture 3: Interferonopathy, Monogenic Lupus (Alexandre Belot, Lyon, France)

Lecture 4: Transition (Michael Hofer, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Lecture 5: Pediatric Onset Lupus as adult (Zahir Amoura, Paris, France)

Lecture 6: Treatment in Systemic Lupus Erythematous (Rolando Cimaz, Florence, Italy)

Lecture 7: APS (Tadej Avcin, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Lecture 8: Complement Laboratory Testing (Pascale Roux-Lombard, Geneva, Switzerland)

Lecture 9: Outcome measures and prognosis (Angelo Ravelli, Genoa, Italy)

Lecture 10: Future Treatments (Francois Spertini, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Chapter 2: Workshops

Lecture 1: Exploring Lupus (A. Belot and K. Tenbrock)

Lecture 2: Cutaneous and mucosal involvement (T. Avcin and E. Laffitte)

Lecture 3: Lupus nephritis (M. Beresford and F. Cachat)

Lecture 4: Life-threatening presentation (A. Ravelli and H. Brunner)

Lecture 5: Treatment of difficult refractory cases (Z. Amoura and R. Cimaz)

Chapter 3: Clinical cases

Lecture 1: Clinical Case: CAPS or aHUS

Lecture 2: Clinical Case: Lupus nephritis

Lecture 3: Clinical Case: Autoimmune storm

Lecture 4: Clinical Case: Role of Kidney Biopsy

Chapter 4: Abstracts

Lecture 1: Abstract: Lupus & Capillaroscopy