PROGRAM
Saturday, 9 May 2015
| 09:00 |
Opening
Introduction to the Workshop
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| 09:30 - 11:00 |
Controversies on cardiac involvement in FMF: a review and self experience.
Prof. A. Livneh, Director of the FMF Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Autoinflammatory diseases: definition, classification and taxonomy
Prof. E. Ben-Chetrit, Head of Rheumatology Unit and FMF Clinic at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Autoinflammatory disorders in children
Prof. Y. Berkun, Head of Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Immunology and rheumatology & FMF clinic, Hadassah Mount Scopus, Israel
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch
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| 14:30 - 17:30 |
Workshop: Case presentations
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Sunday, 10 May 2015
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Familial Mediterranean Fever
Prof. Y. Berkun, Head of Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Immunology and rheumatology & FMF clinic, Hadassah Mount Scopus, Israel
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |
FMF in the world
Prof. E. Ben-Chetrit, Head of Rheumatology Unit and FMF Clinic at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Metastasis-inducing S100A4 is an essential mediator of chronic inflammation
Dr. Mariam Grigorian, Associate Professor, Neuro-Oncology Group, Laboratory of Neuroplasticity. Dept. of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Round table: Chronic inflammation in FMF markers, risk factors, outcomes and therapy
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| 14:30 - 17:00 |
Workshop: Case presentations
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Monday, 11 May 2015
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Phenotype and genotype characteristics of cryopyrin-associated periodic fevers
Prof. M. Gattorno, Pediatric Rheumatologist,G. Gaslini Institute for Children in Genoa, Italy
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Genetic testing for FMF and other autoinflammatory disorders using reverse-hybridization StripAssays
Dr. C. Oberkanins, ViennaLab Diagnostics GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Behcet's disease: a brief review and what is new
Prof. E. Ben-Chetrit, Head of Rheumatology Unit and FMF Clinic at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 - 16:00 |
Workshop: Case presentations
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| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Conclusion Remarks: Genetic and clinical correlations, including genetic risk for amyloidosis
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Autoinflammation and systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Prof. M. Gattorno, Pediatric Rheumatologist,G. Gaslini Institute for Children in Genoa, Italy
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |
FMF and colchicine effects on fertility and pregnancy
Prof. E. Ben-Chetrit, Head of Rheumatology Unit and FMF Clinic at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Workshop: Genetic Counselling of patients with periodic fever syndromes
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 - 16:00 |
FMF and other autoinflammatory diseases in Armenia:
More than 20 years of experience
Prof. T. Sarkisian & Prof.H.Hayrapetyan (Armenia)
FMF and amyloidosis in Armenia
Prof. A. Sarkissian, Head of department of pediatry of Yerevan state medical university
FMF in children in Armenia
Prof. G. Amaryan, Head of FMF Children's center
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| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Discussion of new ISTC scientific projects
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| 17:00 - 18:00 |
CLOSING OF WORKSHOP
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| 19:30 |
Closing party: Reception
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