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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
EFFECTS OF THE DIET AND THE CLIMATE IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES - FINAL PROGRAM - Mediterranean Rheuma
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

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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

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    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

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                                                                                                               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

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     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

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     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)

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     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)

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     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

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     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)

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     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

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     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)

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     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)

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     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
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     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)

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     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)
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       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)

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       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)

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       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)

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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)

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