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2015 Stockholm

First International Conference on Myositis

The First International Conference on Myositis was held in Stockholm Sweden from May 8 – 11, 2015 at the Radisson Blu Royal Park Hotel. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ingrid Lundberg of the Karolinska Institutet, and dedicated three days to the latest scientific advances in myositis, including pathogenesis, genetics and environmental factors, classification criteria, diagnostic tools and outcomes, clinical phenotypes, improvement criteria and new therapies. One hundred fifty five participants represented countries from Europe, North and South America, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.

Main topics included the following areas:

  • Genes and Environment
  • Pathogenesis
  • Classification and Diagnosis of Myositis
  • Diagnostic Tools and Outcome Measures in Myositis
  • Clinical Phenotypes and Pathogenesis of Myosits
  • The Lung in Myositis
  • Update on Treatment in Myositis
  • Improvement Criteria and Patient Reported Outcome Measures
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Meeting Abstracts

Local Organizing Committee

Ingela Loell
Antonella Notarnicola

Scientific Comittee

Ingrid Lundberg, Chair – Sweden
Robert Cooper – United Kingdom
Jiri Vencovský – Czech Republic
Øyvind Molberg – Norway
Jan De Bleecker – Belgium
Marianne de Visser – The Netherlands
Fred Miller – US
Lisa Rider – US
Jens Schmidt – Germany
Olivier Benveniste – France
Lucy Wedderburn – United Kingdom
Guochun Wang – Beijing, China
Victoria Werth – US