Invited speakers

The 3 following experts present a specific topic and discuss the different clinical cases presented

  • Prof. Sylvia Kamphuis is a pediatric rheumatologist from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

  • Dr Raffaella Carlomagno is a pediatric rheumatologist from Lausanne in Switzerland. She presents the new classification and some new treatments in Lupus Nephritis

  • Dr Shalia Khubchandani is a nephropathologist from Mumbai in India. She presents how to interpret kidney biopsies for the pediatric rheumatologist

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Nephritis - Sylvia Kamphuis

    • Introduction

    • Childhood Onset SLE - Introduction on lupus nephritis

    • Lupus Nephritis in Children - How to diagnose ?

    • Lupus Nephritis in children - How to treat ?

    • Question : Does the presence of anti-cardiolipin antibodies modifies the renal outcome in any way ?

    • Question : Have you an experience with calcineurin inhibitors (tacrolimus) in treatment of lupus nephritis?
  • 3

    Journal club: What's new in classification and treatment? - Raffaella Carlomagno

    • Lupus podocytopathy classification

    • Lupus podocytopathy treatment and outcome

    • Belimumab in lupus nephritis

    • Rituximab followed by Belimumab in Lupus nephritis

    • Slides and references

    • Question : Have you seen a podocydopathy? And can a renal pathologist see a podocytopathy ?

    • Question : When do you use Rituximab ?

    • Question : Considering the wide use of mycophenolate mofetil in the induction of remission treatment of lupus nephritis, when do you recommend azathioprine ?

    • Question : In how many patients have you used Belimumab ? And discussion about Belimumab

    • Question : When do you stop mycophenolate mofetil ?

  • 4

    Kidney Biopsy - Shaila Khubchandani

    • What should a pediatric rheumatologist know about kidney biopsy?

    • Vasculitis

    • Slides of "What should a pediatric rheumatologist know about kidney biopsy"

    • Slides of "Vasculitis"

    • Question : When should we do a kidney biopsie in lupus ? And Henoch-Schonlein purpura discussion

  • 5

    Nephritis Clinical cases

    • A boy with nephritis and low C3 Complement - By Ricardo Yepez

    • What is your diagnosis ?

    • What treatment will you choose ? And conclusion about the case

  • 6

    Quiz

    • Quizz about Nephritis