EASI Conference on ANCA measurement
at the 8th International Congress on Autoimmunity on May 11, 2012, in Granada, Spain

Chairmen:   

• Y. Shoenfeld (Israel)
• J. Damoiseaux (The Netherlands)
• E. Mummert (Germany)

Presentations:

• 14:30 h Augusto Vaglio, Italy – “ANCA and other biomarkers in ANCA-associated vasculitides: a clinician perspective” (Abstract ») 
• 14:45 h Jan Damoiseaux, The Netherlands – “How are ANCA tested in specialized labs - Results of the EASI questionnaire on ANCA”  (Abstract »)
• 15:00 h Charles Pusey, UK – “How are anti-GBM to be included in ANCA testing?” (Abstract »)
• 15:15 h Niels Rasmussen, Denkmark – “Implications of individual performance characteristics of PR3-ANCA tests”  (Abstract »)
• 15:30 h Joanne Sheldon, UK – “New Reference Material from the IFCC for MPO and PR3 tests – Initiative for the Harmonization of Autoimmune Assays”  (Abstract »)
• 15:45 h N. Svetlicky, Israel - "Blocking of pathogenic anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies in small vessel vasculitis"

Round table discussion:  16:00 h - 16:30 h, all speakers

• ANCA on the way to become diagnostic criteria
• PR3 and MPO measurement with IIF, with EIA or both? What is the gold standard of ANCA testing?
• Questions from the moderators and the audience

 

EASI Symposium on Rheumatoid Arthritis
at the 10th Dresden Symposium on Autoantibodies on September 23, 2011, in Dresden, Germany

Chairmen:   M. Haass (Freiburg, Germany)
                    Y. Shoenfeld (Tel Hashomer, Israel)

Program:

18.00		Value of the ACR Guidelines for the diagnosis of RA Manfred Herold (Innsbruck, Austria)
18.20		RA33 antibodies - new data of a marker linked to CCP negative RA with a mild prognosis Günter Steiner (Vienna, Austria) (pdf of the presentation »)
18.35		CarP antibodies identify RA patients with severe disease progression Leendert Trouw (Leiden, The Netherlands)
18.50		Novel autoantibody markers for seronegative rheumatoid arthritis Veerle Somers (Hasselt, Belgium)
19.10		Personalized medicine approaches in RA Marvin Fritzler (Calgary, Canada) (pdf of the presentation »)

          

 

EASI Conference on ANA measurement
at the 7th International Congress on Autoimmunity on May 7, 2010, in Ljubljana, Slovenia

View Program with abstracts » (pdf)

Conference Presentations:

• Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Clinical and Laboratory Challenges for the 21st Century
  R. Cervera
   
• Development of an Empirically based Test Algorithm for Systemic Rheumatic Diseases: The Mayo Clinic Connective Tissue Disease Cascade
  H. Homburger
   
• Recommendations of the IUIS/WHO/AF/CDC Committee on the Standardization of Autoantibody Detection
  P.L. Meroni
   
• Value-Added Reporting in Autoimmune Serology
  X. Bossuyt
   
• An Italian Multicentre Study for Application of a Diagnostic Algorithm in Autoantibody Testing for Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
  A. Melegari
   
• From ANA to ENA: Daily Practice in the Netherlands*
  J. Damoiseaux
   
• Portuguese Autoimmunity Laboratory Survey*
  J. Ramos
   
• Evaluation of Autoimmundiagnostics in Austria Using the Dutch Autoimmune Questionnaire*
  M. Herold
   
• Detection and Clinical Relevance of the Fine Specificity of Antinucleolar Autoantibodies for the Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis
  D. Villalta
   
• Diagnostic Value of Antibodies Against Ribosomal Protein P in SLE
  T. Witte

* these presentation refer to a questionnaire which was sent to labs. Please find the questionnaire (in English) here »