EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES - FINAL PROGRAM - Mediterranean Rheuma
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EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES This course is a EULAR Endorsed Course FINAL PROGRAM
PATRONAGES European League Against the Rheumatism (EULAR) Italian Society of Rheumatology (Società Italiana di Reumatologia – SIR) ERN ReCONNETT The University of Genoa The Department of internal medicine and medical specialities (DiMI), University of Genoa The Region Liguria The IRCCS Polyclinic Hospital San Martino Genoa The Metropolitan City of Genoa www.mediterraneanrheuma.com The City of Genoa
EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES INDEX WELCOME Welcome 5 From at least 2,000 years the Mediterranean area with the connected Congress Chairperson 5 Black and Red Sea populations has been the “CRIB” of the culture, and Scientific Board science and good life. Advisors 6-7 Program Overview 8-10 What does good life mean? Good life means an acceptable style of life, This 2018 edition of the Congress will focus Scientific Program 11-29 even modest but healthy, and of course, it on the effects of diet and climate on the most Thursday 12th April, 2018 includes good food and good climate! Today, we frequent Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Friday 13th April, 2018 recognize that, among the multiple risk factors Diseases, including their early diagnosis and Saturday 14th April, 2018 involved in the development of several diseases, advanced therapies. The Congress topics will environmental and nutritional components be discussed in sequential sessions and will Poster Tours 30-50 play an important role. The rheumatic diseases include appropriate presentations on nutritional are among the most common diseases in the and environmental factors that will integrate the Scientific Information 51-53 general population and the effects of incorrect clinical and drug treatment lectures. Abstract book diets and non-healthy environment/style of Guidelines for chairpersons and speakers Of course, the participants will have the Oral Communications and Poster tours life, are recognized as important promoters occasion to taste personally in spring time, UEMS and ITALIAN CME Accreditation for their development. A correct diet also the therapeutical effects of the Mediterranean represents part of a correct management of diet and climate “available” for all participants General Information 54-63 the Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases. during the Congress that will be held in the Old Congress Venue Already from the beginning, the Mediterranean Harbour of Genoa. How to reach the Venue Congress of Rheumatology has presented the Congress Centre Parking experiences regarding the characteristics Floorplan of the Rheumatic Diseases in such an area, Exhibitors and compared their epidemiology among the Organizing Secretariat European countries. Opening Hours Registration Information Networking Evening Social Media CONGRESS CHAIRPERSON Useful Information 64-65 M. Cutolo Genoa, Italy Admission On the behalf of the Board of the Mediterranean Congress of Rheumatology Language and of Italian Society of Rheumatology Attendance Certificates Wi-Fi Coffee break and Lunch XVII MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS SCIENTIFIC BOARD Cloakroom Insurance N. Akkoc Izmir, Turkey M. Inanc Istanbul , Turkey No-Smoking Privacy Disclosure and Publishing of Images L. Carmona Madrid, Spain G.D. Kitas Manchester, UK Taxi Discount reserved to attendees B. Combe Montpellier, France M. Kouloumas Nicosia, Cyprus N. Damjanov Belgrade, Serbia P. Sfikakis Athens, Greece Concomitants Industry-Sponsored L. Denisov Moscow, Russia Y. Shoenfeld Tel Aviv, Israel SATELLITE LECTURES and SYMPOSIA 66-67 J.E. Fonseca Lisbon, Portugal S.G. Sokolovic Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina M. Gattorno Genoa, Italy S.G. Sukkar Genoa, Italy Patients Associations S. Grazio Zagreb, Croatia Z. Szekanecz Debrecen, Hungary A. Iagnocco Turin, Italy A. Tzioufas Athens, Greece Acknowledgements 4 5
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES ADVISORS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS NATIONAL ADVISORS LOCAL ADVISORS N. Akkoc Izmir, Turkey M. Kouloumas Nicosia, Cyprus S. Antonelli Rome, Italy P. Comanducci S. Aligrutic Podgorica, Montenegro E.J. Kucharz Katowice, Poland G. Arioli Mantua, Italy Rector University of Genoa A. Alunno Perugia, Italy A. Ladjouze Algiers, Algeria G. Bajocchi Reggio Emilia, Italy B. Anic Zagreb, Croatia C. Mallia Msida, Malta M. Bentivegna Ragusa, Italy M. Amore S. Ataman Ankara, Turkey X. Mariette Paris, France R. Caporali Pavia, Italy Dean School of Medicine University of Genoa M. Reda Awad Agouza, Giza, Egypt A. Martini Genoa, Italy S. D’Angelo Potenza, Italy H. Bassiouni Cairo, Egypt M. Matucci Cerinic Florence, Italy L. Di Matteo Pescara, Italy G. Ucci S. Bombardieri Pisa, Italy I. McInnes Glasgow, UK M. Galeazzi Siena, Italy CEO of the Polyclinic Hospital San Martino J.W.J. Bijlsma Utrecht, The Netherlands G. Minisola Rome, Italy R. Gerli Perugia, Italy D. Boumpas Athens, Greece P. Miossec Lyon, France A. Mathieu Cagliari, Italy G. La Valle G.R. Burmester Berlin, Germany S. Mishevska-Percinkova Skopje, Republic of Macedonia I. Olivieri† Potenza, Italy Chief Medical Officer of the Polyclinic Hospital L. Carmona Madrid, Spain C. Montecucco Pavia, Italy L. Quartuccio Udine, Italy San Martino C. Christodoulou Larnaca, Cyprus M. Mosca Pisa, Italy F. Salaffi Ancona, Italy B. Coleiro Birkirkara, Malta E. Nasonov Moscow, Russia G. Sebastiani Rome, Italy S. Viale B. Combe Montpellier, France E. Nikiphorou London, UK L. Sinigaglia Milan, Italy CEO Health System & Vice President J.A.P. Da Silva Coimbra, Portugal C.H. Opava Huddinge, Sweden A. Tincani Brescia, Italy of Liguria Government N. Damjanov Belgrade, Serbia N. Prodanovic Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska - Bosnia Herzegovina G. Valesini Rome, Italy L. Denisov Moscow, Russia R. Rashkov Sofia, Bulgaria M. Bucci A. Dinc Çankaya, Turkey A. Ravelli Genoa, Italy Major of the City of Genoa H. Direskeneli Istanbul, Turkey P. Sarzi Puttini Milan, Italy A. Doria Padua, Italy J. Sellam Paris, France S. Balleari A. El Garf Cairo, Egypt P. Sfikakis Athens, Greece Vice Major of the City of Genoa O. Elkayam Tel Aviv, Israel Y. Shoenfeld Tel Aviv, Israel K. Elmuntaser Tripoli, Libya V. Smith Ghent, Belgium J.E. Fonseca Lisbon, Portugal S. Sokolovic Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina M. Gattorno Genoa, Italy R. Straub Regensburg, Germany S. Grazio Zagreb, Croatia S.G. Sukkar Genoa, Italy A. Gul Istanbul, Turkey Z. Szekanecz Debrecen, Hungary MEDICAL TEAM N. Hajjaj-Hassouni Rabat, Morocco A. Tafaj Tirana, Albania Division of Rheumatology – DiMI I. Holc Maribor, Slovenia M. Tishler Zrifin, Israel University of Genoa A. Iagnocco Turin, Italy A. Tzioufas Athens, Greece A. Sulli M. Inanc Istanbul, Turkey I. Uthman Beirut, Lebanon S. Paolino R. Ionescu Bucharest, Romania D. Wiek Hünxe, Germany C. Pizzorni L. Kazkaz Damascus, Syria H. Yazici Istanbul, Turkey M. Ghio G.D. Kitas Manchester, UK D. Vassilopoulos Athens, Greece B. Ruaro L. Zakraoui Tunis, Tunisia M. A. Cimmino 6 7
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES PROGRAM OVERVIEW THURSDAY April 12th, 2018 FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 hrs PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM LIBECCIO ROOM hrs PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM LIBECCIO ROOM 11.00 Opening Registrations and Exhibition • THIRD SESSION PEDIATRIC SESSION related Pediatric Rheumatology in the 08.30-09.40 Osteoarthritis and 13.30-14.00 OPENING CEREMONY • ORAL COMMUNICATIONS its management Mediterranean area LECTURE: FOURTH SESSION PATIENT SESSION • The diet in rheumatic related 14.00-14.30 09.40-10.50 Autoinflammatory and Rare Pregnancy in RMDs: what the autoimmune diseases: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS a recipe for therapy? Connective Tissue Diseases patients would like to know FIRST SESSION related 10.50-11.20 Coffee break (Exhibition Area) 14.30-15.40 Early Rheumatoid Arthritis ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Industry - Sponsored Industry - Sponsored 11.20-11.50 LECTURE SATELLITE LECTURE • SATELLITE LECTURE • Mediterranean Diet in 15.40-16.10 Industry - Sponsored the 3rd Millennium: 11.50-12.20 Just Prevention or even Therapy? Industry - Sponsored SATELLITE LECTURE • SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM • Industry - Sponsored LECTURE 12.20-12.50 16.10-16.40 Epigenetic Effects of the SATELLITE LECTURE • Mediterranean Diet 12.50-14.00 POSTER TOUR • 16.40 START THE POSTER EXHIBITION • 16.40-17.10 Coffee break (Exhibition Area) 13.00-14.00 Lunch (Poster Area) SECOND SESSION LECTURE related 17.10-18.20 Gouty Arthritis 14.00-14.30 Sun, vitamin D and rheumatic ORAL COMMUNICATIONS and dismetabolism diseases LECTURE LECTURE Metabolic effects of Fostering physical activity 18.20-18.50 Glucocorticoids: is there a safe dosage? 14.30-15.00 together with correct nutrition: YOUNG PATIENTS AND a successful approach but rarely RHEUMATOLOGISTS SESSION • respected in RMDs The impact of nutrition FIFTH SESSION and lifestyle on RMDS related 15.00-16.10 From Raynaud’s phenomenon ORAL COMMUNICATIONS up to systemic sclerosis LECTURE 16.10-16.40 Balneotherapy and RMDs: when where and how to choose MEET THE EXPERT • 16.40-17.10 Coffee break (Exhibition Area) (Exhibition Area - Booths 5,6) PATIENT SESSION • SIXTH SESSION related Open Questions to the 17.10-18.30 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Physician Nutritionist and related syndromes • NO CME ACTIVITY and to the Dietician 8 9
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM We invite all Congress participants to attend the seven Lectures which will be held during Thursday 12 April and Friday 13 April, 2018. SATURDAY April 14th, 2018 Nine Scientific Sessions and related Oral communications will be held over the three days. Other interesting Sessions dedicated to Patients will take place between Friday hrs PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM LIBECCIO ROOM and Saturday; a Pediatric Session on Friday, as well the SPECIAL Ultrasound Session SPECIAL will run in parallel to the other Scientific Sessions on Saturday. ULTRASOUND SESSION Industry - Sponsored Satellite Lectures and Satellite Symposia will occupy the slots SEVENTH SESSION related What about pitfalls and from 11.20 to 12.50 on Friday 13 April, 2018. 08.30-09.40 Spondyloarthritis ORAL COMMUNICATIONS misinterpretations related Poster Exhibition and Tour are planned before afternoon Coffee break on Thursday 12 and Psoriatic Arthritis to the nutritional status in April and before lunch on Friday 13 April. Rheumatic Diseases? PATIENT SESSION • EIGHTH SESSION related 09.40-10.50 The cold hand: Osteoporosis and life style ORAL COMMUNICATIONS from symptom to diagnosis 10.50-11.20 Coffee break (Exhibition Area) NINTH SESSION related PATIENT SESSION • 11.20-12.30 Sjögren syndrome today ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Balneotherapy explained IMPORTANT NOTICE 12.30-12.45 CLOSING REMARKS for Scientific Sessions We invite all Congress participants to attend the nine Scientific Sessions which will be held during Thursday 12, Friday 13 and Saturday 14 April, 2018 into the “Platea Maestrale” Room. Each Session will focus on the priority themes listed below: • Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors • The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools • Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues • Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs • NO CME ACTIVITY 10 11
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES THURSDAY April 12th, 2018 13.30-14.00 OC1:2 MULTICENTER CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF PATIENTS PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM OPENING CEREMONY WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN GREECE. RESULTS FROM NO CME ACTIVITY Welcome from Local Academic, A COHORT OF 2,491 PATIENTS Hospital and Government Authorities K. Thomas (Athens, Greece) OC1:3 THE ROLE OF DIET ON RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: WHAT DO 14.00-14.30 CLINICAL TRIALS TELL US? PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE S. Petersson (Nicosia, Cyprus) The diet in rheumatic autoimmune diseases: OC1:4 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSION TO a recipe for therapy? INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS IN THE FIRST-DEGREE Speaker: RELATI VES (FDR) OF INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN (INA) Y. Shoenfeld (Tel-Aviv, Israel) RA PATIENTS Chair: H. EL-Gabalawy (Winnipeg, Canada) M. Cutolo (Genoa, Italy) OC1:5 SALT CONSUMPTION MAY BE A RISK FACTOR FOR THE 14.30-15.40 DEVELOPMENT OF ARTHRITIS PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM FIRST SESSION L. Carmona (Madrid, Spain) Early Rheumatoid Arthritis OC1:6 DIETETIC THERAPY AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Speakers: L. Denisov (Moscow, Russia) 14.30 Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors I. McInnes (Glasgow,UK) Chair - INTRODUCTION: 14.45 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools R. Caporali (Pavia, Italy) G. Burmester (Berlin, Germany) 15.40-16.10 15.00 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE B. Combe (Montpellier, France) Mediterranean Diet in the 3rd Millennium: 15.15 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs Just Prevention or even Therapy? Z. Szekanecz (Debrecen, Hungary) Speaker: Chairs: A.Trichopoulou (Athens, Greece) G. Burmester (Berlin, Germany), C. Montecucco (Pavia, Italy) Chair: S.G. Sukkar (Genoa, Italy) 14.30-15.40 LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM FIRST SESSION 16.10-16.40 Early Rheumatoid Arthritis PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Epigenetic Effects of the Mediterranean Diet Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s Speaker: introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included A. Martinez (Pamplona, Spain) 2 minutes for discussion Chair: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S.G. Sukkar (Genoa, Italy) Speakers: OC1:1 VACCINATIONS IN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS PATIENTS 16.40-17.10 S. Khan (Dublin, Ireland) POSTER AREA START THE POSTER EXHIBITION NO CME ACTIVITY 12 13
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES THURSDAY April 12th, 2018 16.40-17.10 OC2:4 ULTRA-LOW DOSE ANTI-INTERLEUKIN1 IN CHRONIC EXHIBITION AREA Coffee break GOUT: A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION THERAPY WITH LOW DOSE COLCHICINE AND URATE LOWERING 17.10-18.20 AGENTS PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM SECOND SESSION M. Capassoni (Florence, Italy) Gouty arthritis and dismetabolism OC2:5 SEASONAL VARIATION OF JOINT ASPIRATIONS FOR GOUT Speakers: AND CPPD IN A COHORT OF ARTROPATHIC PATIENTS WITH 17.10 Nutritional aspects - including weight loss - for gout: EFFUSION an update from clinical epidemiology M.A. Cimmino (Genoa, Italy) S.M. Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) 17.25 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools OC2:6 GOUT AND METABOLIC SYNDROME F. Sivera (Alicante, Spain) N. Zehraoui (Algiers, Algeria) 17.40 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues Chair - INTRODUCTION: P. Richette (Paris, France) S. Grazio (Zagreb, Croatia) 17.55 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs L. Punzi (Padua, Italy) 18.20-18.50 Chairs: PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE L. Punzi (Padua, Italy), P. Richette (Paris, France) Metabolic effects of Glucocorticoids: is there a safe dosage? 17.10-18.20 Speaker: LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM SECOND SESSION J.W.J. Bijlsma (Utrecht, The Netherlands) Gouty arthritis and dismetabolism Chair: Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications M. Cutolo (Genoa, Italy) Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included 2 minutes for discussion ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Speakers: OC2:1 EFFECT OF POLYDATIN AND RESVERATROL ON CRYSTAL INDUCED INFLAMMATION: BENEFICIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR GOUT AND OTHER CRYSTAL-RELATED ARTHROPATHIES F. Oliviero (Padua, Italy) OC2:2 ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF LOW PURINE DIET IN GOUT PATIENTS M.S. Eliseev (Moscow, Russia) OC2:3 COMBINATION OF LOSARTAN AND ALLOPURINOL IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH HYPERURICEMIA M. Jordhani (Tirana, Albania) 14 15
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 08.30-09.40 OC3:5 PATIENTS PERCEPTION OF PAIN IN OSTEOARTHRITIS: PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM THIRD SESSION RESULTS OF A ROUMANIAN SURVEY Osteoarthritis and its management I. Saulescu (Bucharest, Romania) Speakers: OC3:6 KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND RADIOGRAPHIC 08.30 Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS PROGRESSION C. Scire (Ferrara, Italy) A. Dell’Isola (Glasgow, UK - Savona, Italy) 08.45 The early disease: new aspects on the role of imaging Chair - INTRODUCTION: A. Iagnocco (Turin, Italy) G. Sebastiani (Rome, Italy) 09.00 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues J.Y. Reginster (Liège, Belgium) 08.30-09.40 09.15 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs LIBECCIO ROOM Pediatric Rheumatology in the Mediterranean area P. Sarzi-Puttini (Milan, Italy) Concomitant Session Speakers: Chairs: 08.30 Multinational Study on epidemiology, treatment and outcome A. Iagnocco (Turin, Italy), J.Y. Reginster (Liège, Belgium) of children with idiopathic juvenile arthritis A. Ravelli (Genoa, Italy) 08.30-09.40 LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM THIRD SESSION 09.00 Longitudinal evaluation of growth and puberty development Osteoarthritis and its management in pediatric rheumatic diseases N. Ruperto (Genoa, Italy) Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s 09.30 Discussion introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included Chairs: 2 minutes for discussion A. Martini (Genoa, Italy), A. Ravelli (Genoa, Italy) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Speakers: 09.40-10.50 OC3:1 MUTUAL INTERACTION BETWEEN OXIDATIVE STRESS PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM FOURTH SESSION AND MICRORNAS. AN IN VITRO STUDY ON HUMAN Autoinflammatory and Rare Connective Tissue Diseases OSTEOARTHRITIC CHONDROCYTE CULTURES Speakers: S. Cheleschi (Siena, Italy) 09.40 Autoinflammatory diseases: diagnostic criteria, guidelines and advances OC3:2 KNEE ARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC SYNDROM M. Gattorno (Genoa, Italy) D. Dusa (Constanta, Romania) 09.55 Focus on familial Mediterranean fever OC3:3 VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION IN NON-SEVERE KNEE H. Lachmann (London, UK) OSTEOARTHRITIS: A NETWORK META-ANALYSIS OF HIGH QUALITY RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS 10.10 Beyond for the vasculitis risk in the Mediterranean L. Carmona (Madrid, Spain) A. Gul (Istanbul, Turkey) 10.25 Focus on Behçet disease OC3:4 MUD-BATH THERAPY REGULATES THE EXPRESSION P. Leccese (Potenza, Italy) LEVELS OF MICRORNAS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS. EPIGENETIC CONTRIBUTION TO EXPLAIN THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF 10.40 NEWS - Short report on a new European Project- ERN, BALNEOTHERAPY on Rare Connective Tissue Diseases - ReCONNET S. Cheleschi (Siena, Italy) M. Mosca (Pisa, Italy) Chairs: M. Gattorno (Genoa, Italy), H. Lachmann (London, UK) 16 17
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 09.40-10.50 09.40-10.50 LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM FOURTH SESSION LIBECCIO ROOM PATIENT SESSION Autoinflammatory and Rare Connective Tissue Diseases NO CME ACTIVITY Pregnancy in RMDs: what the patients would like to know Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications SESSIONE DEDICATA AI PAZIENTI Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s Gravidanza e malattie reumatiche: introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included quello che il malato vorrebbe sapere 2 minutes for discussion Concomitant Session - Sessione Parallela ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Speakers: Speakers: LECTURE: Pregnancy yes in RMDs OC4:1 A GENETIC COHORT STUDY TO GENOTYPE SEVERAL A. Tincani (Brescia, Italy) INTERLEUKIN GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN A GROUP OF BEHÇET’S SYNDROME PATIENTS LIVING IN THE LECTURE: Pregnancy No in RMDs MEDITERRANEAN AREA L. Andreoli (Brescia, Italy) M.C. Padula (Potenza, Italy) Chair: A. Tincani (Brescia, Italy) OC4:2 ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS IN M.L. Popescu (Bucharest, Romania) 10.50- 11.20 OC4:3 CAN AUTOANTIBODIES PREDICT OUTCOMES OR SURVIVAL EXHIBITION AREA Coffee break IN INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE?: RESULTS FROM A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY IN GREECE A. Venetsanopoulou (Athens, Greece) 11.20-11.50 OC4:4 BIRMINGHAM VASCULITIS ACTIVITY INDEX (BVAS) PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM Concomitants Industry A USEFUL TOOL IN DISEASE ACTIVITY IN BEHÇET’S DISEASE LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM Sponsored SATELLITE LECTURES C. Buzatu (Bucharest, Romania) NO CME ACTIVITY see pag. 66-67 OC4:5 A SEASONAL ONSET FOR POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA? E. Hysa (Genoa, Italy) OC4:6 ASSESMENT OF ORGAN DAMAGE ACCORDING TO IMACS 11.50-12.50 (INTERNATIONAL MYOSITIS ASSESMENT AND CLINICAL PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM Concomitants Industry STUDIES) MYOSITIS DAMAGE INDEX IN 92 PATIENTS WITH LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM Sponsored SATELLITE SYMPOSIA/LECTURES IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOSITIS NO CME ACTIVITY see pag. 66-67 M. Inanc (Istanbul, Turkey) Chair - INTRODUCTION: M. Inanc (Istanbul, Turkey) 12.50-14.00 LUNCH AND POSTER AREA POSTER TOUR NO CME ACTIVITY see pag. 30-50 13.00-14.00 LUNCH AND POSTER AREA Lunch 18 19
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 14.00-14.30 14.30-15.00 PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE Sun, vitamin D and rheumatic diseases Fostering physical activity together with correct nutrition: Speaker: a successful approach but rarely respected in RMDs M. Cutolo (Genoa, Italy) Speaker: Chair: G.D. Kitas (Manchester, UK) G. Minisola (Rome, Italy) Chair: S. Bombardieri (Pisa, Italy) 14.00-16.40 LIBECCIO ROOM YOUNG PATIENTS AND RHEUMATOLOGISTS SESSION 15.00-16.10 NO CME ACTIVITY The impact of nutrition and lifestyle on RMDS PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM FIFTH SESSION Concomitant Session From Raynaud’s phenomenon up to Systemic Sclerosis Speakers: Speakers: 14.00 People’s perceptions on nutritional aspects and rheumatic 15.00 Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors disease: Completion of the “Truth or myth” questionnaire U. Muller-Lardner (Bad Nauheim, Germany) by the audience 15.15 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools 14.10 Nutrition and rheumatic disease: are we really what we eat? M. Matucci Cerinic (Florence, Italy) E. Philippou (Nicosia, Cyprus - London, UK) 15.30 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues 14.30 The sun and rheumatic disease: friend or foe? C. Denton (London, UK) M. Cutolo (Genoa, Italy) 15.45 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs 14.50 The impact of diet in rheumatic diseases O. Distler (Zurich, Switzerland) C. Daien (Montpellier, France) Chairs: 15.10 Analysis and sharing of the results of the “Truth or myth” C. Denton (London, UK), V. Smith (Ghent, Belgium) questionnaire at the end of the Session 15.20 “Your 5-a-daY” VIDEO for a healthy and “joint-friendly” 15.00-16.10 exercise regime that can be undertaken as part of the daily routine LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM FIFTH SESSION L. Bacoccoli - Personal trainer Virgin Active Village (Perugia, Italy) From Raynaud’s phenomenon up to Systemic Sclerosis 15.30 WORKSHOP Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Problem based cases and discussion Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s (Participants will be divided in groups) introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included 2 minutes for discussion M. Kouloumas (Nicosia, Cyprus), D. Wiek (Hünxe, Germany) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Chairs: Speakers: A. Alunno (Perugia, Italy), M. Kouloumas (Nicosia, Cyprus), E. Nikiphorou (London, UK), D. Wiek (Hünxe, Germany) OC5:1 ASSOCIATION OF INTERLEUKIN-17 AND INTERLEUKIN-23 MRNA AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION PROFILES WITH CLINICAL PRESENTATION IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS A. Zekovic (Belgrade, Serbia) 20 21
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 0C5:2 VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: 17.10-18.30 CORRELATIONS WITH MULTIPLE CLINICAL PARAMETERS, PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM SIXTH SESSION SEASONAL VARIATIONS AND TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and related syndromes IN EUROPEAN SSC PATIENTS Speakers: A.C. Trombetta (Genoa, Italy) 17.10 Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors OC5:3 TYPE I INTERFERON INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION IN THE G. Bertsias (Heraklion, Crete, Greece) PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS 17.25 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic investigations N. Vlachogiannis (Athens, Greece) D. Boumpas (Athens, Greece) OC5:4 CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SKIN BLOOD PERFUSION AND CHOROIDAL THICKNESS IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PATIENTS 17.40 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues BEFORE AND AFTER A SHORT TIME TREATMENT WITH A. Doria (Padua, Italy) PROSTACYCLIN ANALOGUE 18.00 The antiphospholipid syndrome: news on management A. Sulli (Genoa, Italy) and unmet needs OC5:5 RELIABILITY OF SIMPLE CAPILLAROSCOPIC DEFINITIONS TO A. Tincani (Brescia, Italy) DESCRIBE CAPILLARY MORPHOLOGY IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES Chairs: A. Vanhaecke (Ghent, Belgium) D. Boumpas (Athens, Greece), M. Mosca (Pisa, Italy) OC5:6 MACITENTAN CONTRASTS THE ACTIVATION OF PROFIBROTIC INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS INDUCED 17.10-18.30 BY ENDOTHELIN-1 IN PRIMARY CULTURES OF SKIN LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM SIXTH SESSION FIBROBLASTS ISOLATED FROM HEALTHY SUBJECTS Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and related syndromes S. Soldano (Genoa, Italy) Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s Chair - INTRODUCTION: introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included A. Sulli (Genoa, Italy) 2 minutes for discussion ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 16.10-16.40 Speakers: PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM LECTURE OC6:1 TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF BAFF-R, BCMA Balneotherapy and RMDs: when, where and how to choose AND TACI BY MIR-873 AND MIR-1976 IN JUVENILE SLE Speaker: N.N. Farag (Cairo, Egypt) A. Fioravanti (Siena, Italy) OC6:2 THROMBOSPONDIN-1 IS ELEVATED IN THE PLASMA OF Chair: PATIENTS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME AND IS T. Bender (Budapest, Hungary) CORRELATED WITH FREE ACTIVE TGF-B1 LEVELS, IL-1B AND IL-17A P. Vlachoyiannopoulos (Athens, Greece) 16.40-17.10 OC6:3 HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE DOSING: DOES BY IDEAL BODY EXHIBITION AREA Coffee break WEIGHT OR GROSS WEIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? H.S.E. Fung (Waco, Texas-Usa) 16.40-17.10 MEET THE EXPERT OC6:4 AVEMAR, A NEW BENZOQUINONE CONTAINING NATURAL GRÜNENTHAL PRODUCT IN SLE PATIENTS TREATMENT EXHIBITION BOOTH S.G. Sukkar (Genoa, Italy) EXHIBITION AREA NO CME ACTIVITY 22 23
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 SATURDAY April 14th, 2018 OC6:5 ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: REVIEW OF 52 CASES OF A PORTUGUESE RHEUMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT 08.30-09.40 F. Campos Costa (Coimbra, Portugal) PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM SEVENTH SESSION Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis OC6:6 OUTCOME OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH CHILDHOOD-ONSET Speakers: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND JUVENILE 08.30 Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS IN A SINGLE COHORT R. Lories (Leuven, Belgium) S. Al-Mayouf (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) 08.45 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools I.E. Van der Horst-Bruinsma (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Chair - INTRODUCTION: 09.00 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues P. Miossec (Lyon, France) R. Ramonda (Padua, Italy) 17.10-18.30 09.15 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs LIBECCIO ROOM PATIENT SESSION F. Ciccia (Palermo, Italy) NO CME ACTIVITY Open Questions to the Physician Nutritionist Chairs: and to the Dietician S. D’Angelo (Potenza, Italy), R. Lories (Leuven, Belgium) SESSIONE DEDICATA AI PAZIENTI Domande libere al Medico nutrizionista ed alla Dietologa 08.30-09.40 Concomitant Session - Sessione Parallela SEVENTH SESSION LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM Chairs: Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis R. Gradaschi (Genoa, Italy), S.G. Sukkar (Genoa, Italy) Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included 2 minutes for discussion ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Speakers: OC7:1 METABOLIC SYNDROME, NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND LIVER STIFFNESS IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS AND PSORIASIS PATIENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY A. Ortolan (Padua, Italy) OC7:2 DO NOT DO RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS. GECOAX PROJECT L. Carmona (Madrid, Spain) OC7:3 EFFECT OF FOOD INTAKE AND AMBIENT PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION ON ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY N. Soleimanifar (Tehran, Iran) OC7:4 BONE DENSITY IN ALGERIAN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS B. Bengana (Algiers, Algeria) 24 25
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES SATURDAY April 14th, 2018 OC7:5 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF USING ETANERCEPT IN 10.25 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES, EXPERIENCE J.A.P. Da Silva (Coimbra, Portugal) OF MONTENEGRO Chairs: E. Strujic (Podgorica, Montenegro) M.L. Brandi (Florence, Italy), L. Carmona (Madrid, Spain) OC7:6 A SUSTAINABLE RELIEF OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN 09.40-10.50 IMMEDIATELY AFTER ONE SESSION OF LOW-LEVEL LASER EIGHTH SESSION LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY Osteoporosis and life style D. Houssien (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Chair - INTRODUCTION: Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s R. Gerli (Perugia, Italy) introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included 2 minutes for discussion 08.30-09.40 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS LIBECCIO ROOM SPECIAL ULTRASOUND SESSION Speakers: What about pitfalls and misinterpretations related 0C8:1 CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL VITAMIN D RECEPTOR to the nutritional status in Rheumatic Diseases? (VDR) POLYMORPHISM BY SEQUENCE-BASE TYPING Concomitant Session M.C. Padula (Potenza, Italy) Speakers: OC8:2 ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS BONE: “STIFF AND BRITTLE AS 08.30 Ultrasound in Rheumatology: what, why, when do we assess A CRISTAL GOBLET” musculoskeletal tissues and other organs? S. Paolino (Genoa, Italy) A. Iagnocco (Turin, Italy) OC8:3 VERTEBRAL BONE MINERAL DENSITY EVALUATION USING 08.50 Tips and tricks for pitfalls and misinterpretations related A QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND METHOD (ECHOLIGHT) IN A to the nutritional status in Rheumatic Diseases GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS C. Martinoli (Genoa, Italy) R. Decianu (Bucharest, Romania) 09.20 Clinical cases: Ultrasound examinations in patients with OC8:4 FEMORAL NECK BONE MINERAL DENSITY EVALUATION nutritional status abnormalities USING A QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND METHOD C. Martinoli (Genoa, Italy), B. Ruaro (Genoa, Italy) (ECHOLIGHT) IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Chair: R. Decianu (Bucharest, Romania) A. Iagnocco (Turin, Italy) OC8:5 COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT OF DENOSUMAB ON BONE 09.40-10.50 MINERAL DENSITY OF LUMBAR SPINE AND FEMORAL NECK PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM EIGHTH SESSION IN POSTEMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OSTEOPOROSIS, Osteoporosis and life style WHEN ADMINISTERED AS FIRST-LINE THERAPY OR AFTER Speakers: BISPHOSPHONATE 09.40 Epidemiology, nutritional aspects and environmental factors E. Mole (Kifisia, Greece) L. Carmona (Madrid, Spain) OC8:6 CASE REPORT - CALCIUM INTAKE IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES: 09.55 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools “EST MODUS IN REBUS” L. Sinigaglia (Milan, Italy) S. Paolino (Genoa, Italy) 10.10 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues Chair - INTRODUCTION: M.L. Brandi (Florence, Italy) R. Ionescu (Bucharest, Romania) 26 27
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES SATURDAY April 14th, 2018 09.40-10.50 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS LIBECCIO ROOM PATIENT SESSION Speakers: NO CME ACTIVITY The cold hand: from symptom to diagnosis OC9:1 ERDJ5 FUNCTION IS INVOLVED IN INFLAMMATORY SESSIONE DEDICATA AI PAZIENTI MANIFESTATIONS OF SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME IN THE La mano fredda: dal sintomo alla diagnosi SALIVARY GLAND Concomitant Session - Sessione Parallela A. Tzioufas (Athens, Greece) Speakers: OC9:2 LOW MIR200B-5P LEVELS IN MINOR SALIVARY GLANDS The cold hand: the symptom ASSOCIATE WITH LYMPHOMA DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS F. Ingegnoli (Milan, Italy) WITH SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME (SS) The cold hand: the diagnosis A. Tzioufas (Athens, Greece) V. Smith (Ghent, Belgium) OC9:3 SCORING SYSTEMS IN ULTRASOUND OF SALIVARY GLANDS Chairs: IN SJÖGREN SYNDROME A VIEW OVER TIME V. Smith (Ghent, Belgium), F. Ingegnoli (Milan, Italy) V. Iorgoveanu (Bucharest, Romania) OC9:4 ULTRASONOGRAPHIC SCORING OF THE MAJOR SALIVARY GLANDS: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP WITH DISEASE 10.50-11.20 ACTIVITY AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF GLANDS EXHIBITION AREA Coffee break Y. Şahinkaya (Istanbul, Turkey) OC9:5 SJÖGREN SYNDROME: EVALUATION OF THE DISEASE 11.20-12.30 ACTIVITY USING THE ESSDAI IN 70 PATIENTS PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM NINTH SESSION J. Dinis De Freitas (Coimbra, Portugal) Sjögren syndrome today OC9:6 CLINICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL FEATURES Speakers: OF SJÖGREN SYNDROME: A RETROSPECTIVE 11.20 New nutritional aspects as possible risk factors: the role of salt MONOCENTRIC TUNISIAN COHORT S. Colafrancesco (Rome, Italy), G. Valesini (Rome, Italy) M. Kechida (Monastir, Tunisia) 11.35 The early disease: clinical features and diagnostic tools A. Tzioufas (Athens, Greece) Chair - INTRODUCTION: N. Damjanov (Belgrade, Serbia) 11.50 Management: from guidelines up to the last treatment issues X. Mariette (Paris, France) 11.20-12.30 12.10 Management: non pharmacological aspects and unmet needs LIBECCIO ROOM PATIENT SESSION L. Quartuccio (Udine, Italy) NO CME ACTIVITY Balneotherapy explained Chairs: SESSIONE DEDICATA AI PAZIENTI X. Mariette (Paris, France), A. Tzioufas (Athens, Greece) La balneoterapia spiegata: Come usarla? Concomitant Session 11.20-12.30 Speakers: LEVANTE-PONENTE ROOM NINTH SESSION T. Bender (Budapest, Hungary) Sjögren syndrome today A. Fioravanti (Siena, Italy) Concomitant Session and related Oral Communications Chairs: Oral Sessions are 70-minute sessions and have 10-minute Chairman’s introduction and 6 oral presentations of 10 minutes each included L. Di Matteo (Pescara, Italy), Z. Szekanecz (Debrecen, Hungary) 2 minutes for discussion 12.30-12.45 PLATEA MAESTRALE ROOM CLOSING REMARKS 28 29
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR 12.50-14.00 POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR 1 AUTOINFLAMMATORY AND RARE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES FRIDAY April 13th, 2018 Chair: P. Leccese (Potenza, Italy) SUMMARY 12.50-14.00 POSTER AREA POSTER TOUR 1 PT1:001 IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, SURVIVAL AND POOR NO CME ACTIVITY Autoinflammatory and Rare Connective Tissue Diseases PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF 110 PATIENTS FROM TURKEY (Posters from n. 001 to 015) E. Oguz, M. Erdugan, B. Artim Esen, A. Gul, L. Ocal, M. Inanc (Istanbul, Turkey) POSTER TOUR 2 PT1:002 Gout and arthritis in dismetabolic conditions PARADOXICAL MONOARTHRITIS IN THE CASE RECEIVING ADALIMUMAB TREATMENT DUE TO (Posters from n. 016 to 018) HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVE S.E. Esmen, S. Arslan, I. Guney (Konya, Turkey) POSTER TOUR 3 PT1:003 Osteoarthritis: Thermal and pharmacological management DERMATOMYOSITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER: A CASE REPORT AND (Posters from n. 019 to 027) REVIEW OF LITERATURE S. Ugurlu, U. Yilmaz, H. Ozdogan (Istanbul, Turkey) POSTER TOUR 4 Osteoporosis/Osteomalacia and malabsorption PT1:004 (Posters from n. 028 to 034) SARCOIDOSIS FOLLOWING MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION I. Sofianos, G. Spiliotis, P. Tzanis, I. Miriokefalitakis (Voula, Greece) POSTER TOUR 5 PT1:005 Psoriatic arthritis / spondyloarthritis A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE - BEHCET’S DISEASE (Posters from n. 035 to 052) A. Savulescu, L. Ciobica, A. Dumitru, I. Sirbu, L. Panturu, D. Anghel (Bucharest, Romania) POSTER TOUR 6A-B-C PT1:006 Rheumatoid arthritis ARTHRITIS – THE SUBSTRATE OF A RARE DERMATOLOGIC DISEASE (Posters from n. 053 to 069, from 070 to 086 and from 087 to 103) C. Radu, L. Groseanu (Bucharest, Romania) PT1:007 POSTER TOUR 7 SERUM VISFATIN LEVELS IN BEHCET’S DISEASE PATIENTS Sjögren Syndrome and endocrine rheumatic disorders Z. Ozbalkan-Aslar, M. Enecik, G. Keskin, Y. Araaslan (Ankara, Turkey) (Posters from n. 104 to 109) PT1:008 POSTER TOUR 8A-B LYMPHOMA CASE IMITATING TAKAYASU ARTERITIS Systemic lupus erythematosus / Antiphospholipid syndrome G. Kimyon, R. Erdem, E. Micoogullari, R. Mercan (Hatay, Turkey) (Posters from n. 110 to 121 and from 122 to 133) PT1:009 TAKAYASU’S ARTERITIS: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTER POSTER TOUR 9A-B A.B. Kelesoglu Dincer, M. Torgutalp, E.G. Aydemir Guloksuz, E. Uslu Yurteri, M.E. Yayla, I.E. Okatan, Systemic Sclerosis and Raynaud phenomenon S. Sezer, T.M. Turgay, A. Ates, G. Kinikli (Ankara, Turkey) (Posters from n. 134 to 146 and from 147 to 159) 30 31
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR PT1:010 PT2:018 A GOOD MIMIC: PMR - IS PMR THE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS?: A SINGLE- CENTER STUDY PULMONARY ADENOCARCINOMA PRESENTED WITH ARTHRITIS T. Aydin, B.D. Isikoglu, O. Koc, A.B. Kelesoglu Dincer, M. Torgutalp, M.E. Yayla , E. Uslu Urteri, S.E. Esmen, H. Erdogan, E. Kurtipek (Konya, Turkey) I.E. Okatan, E.G. Aydemir Guloksuz, S. Sezer, T.M. Turgay, A. Ates, G. Kinikli (Ankara, Turkey) PT1:011 SYSTEMIC SARCOIDOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRAL HEPATITIS C: FORTUITOUS POSTER TOUR 3 ASSOCIATION OR A CAUSAL EFFECT ? Osteoarthritis: Thermal and pharmacological management M. Kechida, R. Mesfar, W.B. Mansour, M. Hafsa, S. Hammami, I. Khochtali (Monastir, Tunisia) Chair: T. Bender (Budapest, Hungary) PT1:012 TOCILIZUMAB AS POTENTIAL FIRST OPTION BIOLOGIC THERAPY IN SNITZLER’S SYNDROME PT3:019 E.S. Daia-Iliescu, C. Buzatu, R. Ionescu (Bucharest, Romania) PATIENT’S EXPERIENCE OF ALTERED BODY PERCEPTION IN MUSCULOSKELETAL AND RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS PT1:013 A. Viceconti, D. Luzzi, E. Camerone, M. Testa (Savona, Italy) THE IMPACT OF PROLONGED CORTICOTHERAPY ON DAMAGE PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH BEHÇET’S DISEASE PT3:020 E.S. Daia-Iliescu, C.G. Buzatu, I. Saulescu, A. Borangiu, L. Groseanu, V. Bojinca, F. Berghea, A LOW FERMENTABLE OLIGO-DI-MONOSACCHARIDES AND POLYOLS DIET IMPROVES D. Predeteanu, R. Ionescu, D. Opris-Belinski (Bucharest, Romania) SYMPTOMS WITHOUT AFFECTING BODY COMPOSITION AND EXTRACELLULAR BODY WATER IN FIBROMYALGIC PATIENTS WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME PT1:014 A. Rossi, M. Bellini, A. Ricciardi, S. Marchi, S. Talarico, M. Mosca, L. Bazzichi (Pisa, Italy) TERTIARY SYPHILISIS IN A PATIENT WITH TRAPS UNDER CANAKINUMAB TREATMENT: CASE REPORT PT3:021 D. Temiz Karadag, A. Yazici, A. Cefle (Kocaeli, Turkey) CONTROL AND MANIPULATION OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. A VALID OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SPECIFIC PT1:015 THERAPY ADULT STILL’S DISEASE – SERIES OF CLINICAL CASES IN A ROMANIAN REFERENCE CENTER G. Rossettini (1), E. Carlino (2), A. Palese (3), M. Testa (1) A.M.C. Buta, G. Iftimie, D. Predeteanu, A. Balanescu, C.L. Constantinescu, A. Borangiu, L. Groseanu, (1) Genoa (Italy), (2) Turin (Italy), (3) Udine (Italy) I. Saulescu, V.C. Bojinca, D. Mazilu, S. Daia-Iliescu, R. Ionescu, D. Opris-Belinski (Bucharest, Romania) PT3:022 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INJECTION IN EROSIVE HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS POSTER TOUR 2 M. Favero, A. Hoxha, P. Frallonardo, E. Belluzzi, M. Lorenzin, A. Ortolan, M. Felicetti, F. Oliviero, GOUT AND ARTHRITIS IN DISMETABOLIC CONDITIONS L. Punzi, R. Ramonda (Padua,Italy) Chair: L. Punzi (Padua, Italy) PT3:023 COULD HYBRID HYALURONIC ACID REPRESENT A VALID APPROACH TO TREAT RIZOARTHROSIS? PT2:016 A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS ON DIALYSIS S. Tenti, S. Cheleschi, S. Giannotti, M. Galeazzi, N.A. Giordano, A. Fioravanti (Siena, Italy) R. Decianu, M. Bojinca, C. Capusa, A. Zugravu, V.C. Bojinca (Bucharest, Romania) PT3:024 PT2:017 PAIN IN KNEE: MORE THAN JUST WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO OSTEOARTHRITIS EFFECT OF LOSARTAN IN LOWERING THE LEVEL OF URIC ACID IN PLASMA IN ALBANIAN M. Parvu, G. Novac, A. Nistor, I. Scheip, S. Voidazan (Tg Mures, Romania) PATIENTS WITH HYPERURICEMIA AND HYPERTENSION M. Jordhani, D. Ruci, V. Duraj (Tirana, Albania) PT3:025 INTRA-ARTICULAR HYALURONIC ACID FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: TWO YEARS EFFICACY OF A QUARTERLY REGIMEN F. Galluccio, M. Capassoni, M. Matucci Cerinic (Florence, Italy) 32 33
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR PT3:026 PT4:033 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAFFRON PILL IN TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIST: THE 3-YEAR EFFICACY OF ZOLEDRONIC ACID ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY OF LUMBAR SPINE A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND CONTROLLED TRIAL AND FEMORAL NECK IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OSTEOPOROSIS M. Firoozabadi (1), M. Aghei (1), S.Z. Mirfeizi (2), G.R. Roshandel (3), N. AbdolAhi (1) E. Mole, K. Zoupidou, A. Alexoudis, D. Moshou, G. Prelorentzos, S. Gazi (Kifisia, Greece) (1) Golestan (Iran), (2) Razavi Khorasan (Iran), (3) Gorgan (Iran) PT4:034 PT3:027 TENDENCIES OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN YOUNG ADULTS AND THE INFLUENCE OF DIET BALNEOTHERAPY IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A COST/EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS ALONGSIDE AND OTHER LIFESTYLE HABITS AN ITALIAN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL I. Badea (Bucharest, Romania) A. Fioravanti (1), O. Ciani (2), S. Tenti (1), C. Giannitti (1), M. Meregaglia (2), M. Galeazzi (1) (1) Siena (Italy), (2) Milan (Italy) POSTER TOUR 5 PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS / SPONDYLOARTHRITIS POSTER TOUR 4 Chair: R. Ramonda (Padua, Italy) OSTEOPOROSIS/OSTEOMALACIA AND MALABSORPTION Chair: S. Sokolovic (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) PT5:035 THE PREVALENCE AND COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS: AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY PT4:028 A. Abdalla (1), M. Abd El Haleem (2) VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN THE ACUTE CARE UNIT. IS IT RELATED TO SURVIVAL? (1) Aswan (Egypt), (2) Benha (Egypt) I. Kostoglou-Athanassiou (1), E. Pantazi (1), I. Mavropoulos (1), O. Skioti (1), D.Kousouris (1), S. Kontogiannis (1), P. Athanassiou (2) (1) Athens (Greece), (2) Thessaloniki (Greece) PT5:036 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LIVER STEATOSIS, METABOLIC PROFILE AND RHEUMATOLOGIC DISEASES: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY PT4:029 C. Bruno, R. Grembiale, L. Abenavoli, S. Naty (Catanzaro, Italy) VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND OSTEOMALACIA IN ACUTELY ILL PATIENTS AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR COLON CANCER P. Athanassiou (1), L. Athanassiou (2), P. Potamousi (2), R. Alevizou (2), M. Digalakis (2), PT5:037 OBESITY AND RESPONSE TO TNF INHIBITORS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS – I. Kostoglou-Athanassiou (2) DATA FROM A ROMANIAN COHORT (1) Thessaloniki (Greece), (2) Athens (Greece) C. Ancuta, C. Pomirleanu, R. Paiu, E. Ancuta, C. Iordache, I. Esanu, R. Chirieac (Iasi, Romania) PT4:030 EFFECTIVNESS OF DENOSUMAB IN ADJUSTMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT IN PATIENTS PT5:038 PREVALENCE OF COMORBIDITIES IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS T.E. Gudu, A. Peltea, M. Abobului, A. Balanescu, F. Berghea, V. Bojinca, A. Borangiu, R. Yatsyshyn, O. Shtefiuk, I. Popadynets, G. Kuryliv, I. Stoika (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) C. Constantinescu, L. Groseanu, M. Negru, D. Opris-Belinski, D. Predeteanu, I. Saulescu, V. Vlad, R. Ionescu (Bucharest, Romania) PT4:031 EVALUATION OF EFFECTS OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAM ON FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC INDEXES AND BMD IN OSTEOPOROTIC PATIENTS TREATED WITH DENOSUMAB PT5:039 HYPERURICEMIA IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS A. Romeo, C. Baiano (Syracuse, Italy) T.E. Gudu, A. Peltea, A. Balanescu, V. Bojinca, D. Opris-Belinski, D. Predeteanu, R. Ionescu (Bucharest, Romania) PT4:032 BREAST CANCER AND SKELETAL HEALTH: EVALUATION OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND FRACTURE RISK PT5:040 METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS IN ALGERIAN PEOPLE S. Paolino, E. Gotelli, V. Tomatis, R. Murialdo, L. Tixi, R. Gonella, A. Ballestrero, M. Cutolo (Genoa, Italy) N.C. Zehraoui, R. Benaziez-Boutalebi, O. Cheikh, M. Berkache, M. A. Ifticene, C. Dahou-Makhloufi (Algiers, Algeria) 34 35
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR PT5:041 PT5:049 PARADOXICAL INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES TWO-YEARS SURVIVAL OF USTEKINUMAB IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF AGENTS R.D. González Benítez, I. Janta, B. Serrano Benavente, J. C. Nieto Gonzalez, M. Correyero, C. Ancuta, C. Pomirleanu, R. Paiu, E. Ancuta, R. Chirieac (Iasi, Romania) C.M. Gonzalez Fernandez (Madrid, Spain) PT5:042 PT5:050 ASAS HEALTH INDEX AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (ASAS HI/EF) IN PATIENTS WITH PROMPT CLINICAL RESPONSE TO SECUKINUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH AXIAL ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND CONCOMITANT FIBROMYALGIA SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: REAL-LIFE OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM THREE ITALIAN REFERRAL I. Shapoval, M. Stanislavchuk, K. Zaichko (Vinnytsia, Ukraine) CENTERS S. Gentileschi (1), A. Vitale (1), D. Rigante (2), G. Lopalco (3), G. Emmi (4), I. Orlando (1), G. Di Scala (4), PT5:043 J. Sota (1), C. Fabiani (5), B. Frediani (1), M. Galeazzi (1), G. Lapadula (3), F. Iannone (3), L. Cantarini (1) DNA METHYLOME AND SERUM PROTEOME ANALYSES IDENTIFY NEW BIOMARKERS OF (1) Siena (Italy) (2) Rome (Italy) (3) Bari (Italy) (4) Florence (Italy) (5) Milan (Italy) PSORIASIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN MONOZYGOTIC TWINS M. Meroni (1), A. Ceribelli (1), E.M. Paraboschi (1), N. Isailovic (1), E. Generali (1), M. Robusto (1), PT5:051 M. De Santis (1), G. Cardamone (1), F. Sacrini (1), A. Costanzo (1), S. Duga (1), C. Selmi (2) THE ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATION BETWEEN SERUM URIC ACID LEVEL AND DISEASE (1) Rozzano, MI (Italy), (2) Milan (Italy) ACTIVITY IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLYTIS I.H. Dursun, F. Cosan, B. Yilmazer, A. Cefle (Kocaeli, Turkey) PT5:044 PROTEIN LEVELS AND AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST LL37 AND IFI16 NUCLEIC ACID SENSORS IN PT5:052 PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS OBESITY INTERACTS WITH RESPONSE AND INCREASES THE RISK OF HYPERTRANSAMINEMINA M. Meroni (1), N. Isailovic (1), M. De Santis (1), A. Ceribelli (1), E. Generali (1), L. Altamore (2), G. Sabatino(2), IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS P. Rovero (2), A.M. Papini (2), V. Caneparo (3), S. Landolfo (3), M. Gariglio (4), M. De Andrea (3), C. Selmi (1,5) L. Carmona (1), E. Galíndez (2) (1) Rozzano, MI (Italy), (2) Florence (Italy), (3) Turin (Italy), (4) Novara (Italy), (5) Milan (Italy) (1) Madrid (Spain) (2) Bilbao (Spain) PT5:045 THE INFLUENCE OF SMOKING ON RESPONSE TO ANTI TNF THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS POSTER TOUR 6A D. Anghel, C. Jurcut, A. Anghel, M.M Negru, A.E. Savulescu, L. Panturu (Bucharest, Romania) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Chair: A. Alunno (Perugia, Italy) PT5:046 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STOPPING BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PT6A:053 G. Iftimie, C. Buta, L. Groseanu, R. Ionescu, D. Opris-Belinski (Bucharest, Romania) RITUXIMAB FOR THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN A PATIENT WITH COMORBIDITY – CHONDROSARCOMA/OSTEOSARCOMA OF THE CAVERNOUS SINUS PT5:047 M. Baresic, L. Simetic, D. Herceg, B. Anic (Zagreb, Croatia) ULTRASONOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF ASYMPTOMATIC ANTERIOR CHEST WALL JOINTS IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND THEIR RELATION TO CHEST EXPANSION PT6A:054 F. Hassan , M. Mortada, A. Bakry, A. Elsammak (Zagazig, Egypt) PERIPHERAL BLOOD B-CELL SUBSETS IN PATIENTS WITH VERY EARLY AND ESTABLISHED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PT5:048 A. Avdeeva, A. Aleksankin, T. Popkova, E. Suponitskaya, E. Nasonov (Moscow, Russia) GLOBAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT BY RHEUMATOLOGIST AND BY PATIENT IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS PT6A:055 F. Grubisic, H. Skala Kavangh, I. Doko, S. Grazio (Zagreg, Croatia) IS IT POSSIBLE TO REPLACE THE RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) BY ULTRASOUND (US) EXAMINATION? O. Alexeeva, A. Smirnov, A. Volkov, E. Nasonov (Moscow, Russia) 36 37
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR PT6A:056 PT6A:066 EDUCATING PEOPLE WITH RMDS TO FOLLOW A CORRECT DIET: AN INNOVATIVE 3 STEPS THE INFLUENCE OF SMOKING ON CLINICAL RESPONSE TO ETANERCEPT THERAPY IN PATIENTS PROJECT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS U.G. Viora, S. Severoni, S. Tonolo (Rome, Italy) S. Zivojinovic, M. Bukilica, N. Damjanov (Belgrade, Serbia) PT6A:057 PT6A:067 FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION REDUCES METHOTREXATE EFFICACY AND DELAY CLINICAL SECONDARY SARCOPENIA IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IMPROVEMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS R. Yatsyshyn, I. Stoika (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) A. Sulli, S. Paolino, C. Pizzorni, E. Alessandri, M. Patanè, M. Ghio, M. Cutolo (Genoa, Italy) PT6A:068 PT6A:058 DIET IN CHILDREN WITH IJA: AN INNOVATIVE 4 STEPS PROJECT TO OVERCOME CULTURAL CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF SERUM AUTOANTIBODIES MULTI-TESTING IN RHEUMATOID BARRIERS ARTHRITIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA U.G. Viora, G. Mascarino, S. Tonolo (Rome, Italy) B. Mascialino (1), S. Swiniarski (2), I. Gehring (2), M. Poorafshar (1) (1) Uppsala (Sweden), (2) Freiburg (Germany) PT6A:069 27-YEARS OLD FEMALE WITH POLYARTHRITIS, DRYNESS SYNDROME AND ACUTE LOSS OF PT6A:059 VISUAL ACUITY CAN DIET MODIFY RISK AND COURSE OF INFLAMMATION AND MALIGNANCY? P. Tzanis, I. Sofianos, G. Spiliotis, I. Myriokefalitakis (Voula, Greece) E. Kucharz (Katowice, Poland) PT6A:060 TRADITIONAL TYPE 2 DIABETES RISK FACTORS AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH POSTER TOUR 6B RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS L. Kondrateva, T. Popkova (Moscow, Russia) Chair: M. Cimmino (Genoa, Italy) PT6A:061 THE EFFECT OF TOCILIZUMAB THERAPY ON THE BODY MASS INDEX, WAIST AND HIP PT6B:070 CIRCUMFERENCE, LIPIDS PROFILES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENT WITH MASS ON THE ANTERIOR CHEST WALL E. Gerasimova, T. Popkova, A. Martinova, E. Zhilyaev, G. Lukina (Moscow, Russia) Ö. Soysal Gündüz, G. Gunduz, D. Demir (Manisa, Turkey) PT6A:063 PT6B:071 SMOKING AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS A STRUCTURED PROTOCOL FOR THE EVALUATION OF CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK IN ARTHRITIS D. Dusa, M. Suta (Constanta, Romania) PATIENTS F. Sivera, N. Alberola, G. Albert, C. Fernandez-Carballido, R. Martin, T. Pedraz (Elda, Spain) PT6A:064 A PATIENT PRESENTING WITH JAW PAIN. DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REVIEW OF THE PT6B:072 LITERATURE EFFECTS OF MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND PHYSICAL THERAPY IN EARLY STAGES OF C. Christodoulou (Larnaca – Nicosia, Cyprus) OLIGOARTICULAR JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS L.M. Ailioaie, C. Ailioaie (Iasi, Romania) PT6A:065 THE INFLUENCE OF ABATACEPT ON BIOMARKERS LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID PT6B:073 ARTHRITIS CONSTRUCT VALIDITY, REPRODUCIBILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF THE PRO-THERMOMETER- M.B. Borisova, G.V. Lukina, Y.A. Sigidin, E.S. Aronova, E.L. Luchihina, D.E. Karateev, E.N. Alexandrova, 5ITEM (5T-PROS) IN THE EVALUATION OF THE HEALTH STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID A.A. Novikov, M. Cherkasova, S.I. Glukhova, E.L. Nasonov (Moscow, Russia) ARTHRITIS, SPONDYLOARTHRITIS AND FIBROMYAL F. Salaffi, S. Farah, M. Di Carlo, M. Carotti (Ancona, Italy) 38 39
MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS OF EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES POSTER TOUR POSTER TOUR PT6B:074 PT6B:084 CONSTRUCT VALIDITY AND INTERPRETABILITY OF THE QUICKDASH IN THE ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTON OF VITAMIN D RECEPTOR FOKI GENE POLYMORPHISM ON DISEASE SEVERITY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS HAND DISABILITY AND LONG TERM DISEASE OUTCOME IN JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIA) F. Salaffi, S. Farah, M. Di Carlo, M. Carotti (Ancona, Italy) D. Lazarevic (1), J. Vojinovic (1), G. Susic (2), J. Basic (1), J. Milenkovic (1) (1) Niš (Serbia), (2) Belgrade (Serbia) PT6B:075 EVOLUTION OF PAIN IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH ANTI-INTERLEUKIN 6 PT6B:085 N. Blidi, N. Saidi, R. Benaziez, N. Zehraoui, M.A. Ifticene, F. Mechid, C. Dahou-Makhloufi IS PROTEIN C REACTIVE RELATED TO METABOLIC SYNDROME IN RHUMATOID ARTHRITIS? (Algiers, Algeria) M. Kechida (1), N. Lorenzo Vilalba (2), R. Mesfar (1), Y. Alvarado Funes (2), R. Klii (1), S. Hammami (1), I. Khochtali (1) PT6B:076 (1) Monastir (Tunisia), (2) Liège (Belgium) PATIENTS’ SATISFACTION WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDED IN AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC FOR RHEUMATOLOGY: RESULTS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY OF SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF CARE PT6B:086 D. Cubelic (1), M. Reihl (2), M. Mayer (1), B. Anic (1) THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF METHOTREXATE IN A DOSE 25 MG PER WEEK AND MORE IN (1) Zagreb (Croatia), (2) Vukovar (Croatia) PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. G. Gridneva, Y. Muraviev (Moscow, Russia) PT6B:077 PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF EVOLUTION OF EARLY INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS F. Rahal, R. Chetouane, S. Haid, N. Brahimi, A. Ladjouze-Rezig, F. Hanni (Algiers, Algeria) POSTER TOUR 6C RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PT6B:078 Chair: A. Iagnocco (Turin, Italy) ULTRASONOGRAPHYC FINDINGS OF HIP JOINTS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTRITIS S. Prodanovic, G. Radunovic, N. Damjanov (Belgrade, Serbia) PT6C:087 PT6B:080 IMPAIRED WOUND HEALING DUE TO LEFLUNOMIDE USE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID RITUXIMAB: COMPARISON CLINICAL AND ANTI-DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS AND B-CELL COUNT IN ARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS. V. Gerdan (Izmir, Turkey) A. Pivanova, G. Lukina, Y. Sigidin, A. Smirnov, S. Glukhova, A. Kuznetsova, K. Kuzikyants, E. Nasonov (Moscow, Russia) PT6C:088 THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON ANEMIA FREQUENCY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PT6B:081 S.E. Esmen, A. Tekinalp (Konya, Turkey) EFFECT OF A DYNAMIC EXERCISE PROGRAM IN COMBINATION WITH A MEDITERRANEAN DIET IN WEIGHT AND HANDGRIP STRENGTH IN WOMEN WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PT6C:089 M. Ogata Medel, M. Lozada Mellado, J. M. García Morales, A. Hinojosa Azaola, N. Morales Herrero, THE RELATIONSHIP OF ANEMIA FREQUENCY AND DISEASE ACTIVITY IN THE PATIENTS WITH L. Llorente, J. Alcocer Varela , J. A. Pineda Juárez, Cervantes Gaytán, L. Castillo Martínez RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (Mexico City, Mexico) S.E. Esmen, A. Tekinalp (Konya, Turkey) PT6B:082 PT6C:090 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: FREQUENCY AND INFLUENCE OF TOBACCO AND BODY MASS INDEX KIR GENE DISTRIBUTION IN TURKISH PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (BMI) IN THE ACTIVITY OF THE DISEASE E. Erken, F. Kocabas, O. Ozturk, S. Dinkci, N. Yilmaz (Adana, Turkey) E. Mussano, L. Onetti, I. Cadile, M. Werner, M.V. Gazzoni, M.C. Taboada, M.I. Stancich, R. Jurado (Cordoba, Argentina) PT6C:091 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DISABILITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: AN EGYPTIAN PT6B:083 MULTICENTER STUDY PERIODONTITIS IN EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: CASE-CONTROL STUDY M. Eissa (1), M. Hammad (2), G. Dawa (2) F. Mechid, C. Dahou, M. Meddad, S. Salah, S. Merad (Algiers, Algeria) (1) Cairo (Egypt), (2) Zagazig (Egypt) 40 41
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