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8 special sessions at European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis in Valencia

February 24th, 2011

IOF and ESCEO will be staging the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis (ECCEO11-IOF), the largest bone meeting in Europe, to be held in Valencia, Spain from March 23-26, 2011. As the pre-registration deadline of March 7, 2011 fast approaches, registrants are also invited to receive free registration to the 1st IOF-ESCEO Pre-Clinical Symposium (from March 22-23, 2011).

ECCEO11-IOF (CME accredited) will feature plenary lectures, oral presentations, Meet-the-Professor sessions, satellite symposia and, for the first time, eight special ESCEO-FROMO symposia.

Arrive early and plan to attend the first Symposium devoted to Rheumatic Diseases and Bone, prior to the opening ceremony:

17:00-18:30 March 23, 2011: Rheumatic diseases and bone (Chairman: C. Cooper)

Bone and arthritis: New developments in the osteo-immunology arena - J.-P. David
Therapeutic targets for bone changes in inflammatory arthritis - J. Louie
Systemic lupus erythematosus, cytokines and bone - A. Chines
New perspectives in the registration of drugs for rheumatoid arthritis - B. Avouac
Biomarkers in the diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis - P. Miossec

Don't miss these additional ESCEO-FROMO Symposia, led by international experts; with opportunity for lively discussion and debate:

Long-term treatment of osteoporosis
How should partial adherence be taken into account in health economic models in osteoporosis?
Recommendations for the design of clinical trials to be conducted by food and food supplements, in order to be granted the right to use health claims in osteoporosis (in collaboration with GREES)
Generic versus branded medication in osteoporosis: Are they really similar?
Frailty and Sarcopenia: State of the art
Bone repair with anti-osteoporosis medications
Adverse reactions and drug-drug interactions in the management of osteoporosis

View complete programme at http://www.ecceo11-iof.org/programme

Provided by International Osteoporosis Foundation

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