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Foreword
Jean-Yves Reginster 7
President, European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO), and
Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Economics, University of Liège
Osteoarthritis
Immunomodulatory and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Chondroitin Sulphate 8
Patrick du Souich
Professor, and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montréal
The Role of Muscle Function in Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis 11
Tuomas Liikavainio
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and Jari PA Arokoski
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1. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital; 2. Kolari Health Centre;
3. Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Kuopio
The Clinical Significance of the STOPP Study Results – Expert Discussion and Consensus 15
EULAR 2009
Structure Modification in Osteoarthritis – Time to Update the Guidelines 18
Satellite Symposium held at the 2009 European Congress of Rheumatology,
European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), Copenhagen
Osteoporosis
Targeting RANKL in Post-menopausal Osteoporosis 25
René Rizzoli
Professor of Medicine, and Head, Division of Bone Diseases, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics,
Faculty of Medicine and Geneva University Hospitals
Osteoporosis During Pregnancy 30
Maria Luisa Bianchi
Bone Metabolism Unit, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan
Autoimmune Diseases
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cimzia – Impact of Treatment on Productivity Outside and Within the Home 35
Peter C Taylor
Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist and Head of Clinical Trials, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division,
Imperial College, London
Night-time Glucocorticoid – A Paradigm Shift in Glucocorticoid Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis? 41
Maurizio Cutolo
Director, Research Laboratories and Clinical Academic Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine,
and Director, Post-graduate School of Rheumatology, University of Genoa
Low-dose Prednisolone and Bone in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis 44
Inga-Lill Engvall, Birgitta Tengstrand and Ingiäld Hafström
Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm
Fractalkine in Rheumatoid Arthritis 48
Grainne Murphy,
1
Sinead Harney,
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Michael Molloy
2
and Noel Caplice
1
1. Centre for Research in Vascular Biology, University College Cork; 2. Department of Rheumatology, Cork University Hospital
Epitopes of Autoantigens and their Role in Initiation and Propagation of Systemic Autoimmunity 51
John G Routsias and Athanasios G Tzioufas
Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Athens
Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Syndromes
Management of Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Syndromes 56
Hal M Hoffman
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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