3rd Symposium of the French Psoriasis Group
2009/11/25 - News from medical groupsThe 3rd Symposium of the French Psoriasis Group was held on October 16, at Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris.
The French Dermatological Society accredited this Symposium for Continuing Medical Education. The pedagogic goals of this symposium were :
the diagnostic and treatment of psoriasis in pregnant women and women under contraception(conference of Selim Aractingi (Paris) - "Psoriasis, pregnancy and contraception")
the diagnostic and treatment of psoriasis in children (conference of Christine Bodemer (Paris) - "Characteristics of childhood psoriasis")
how to diagnose when psoriasis puts life in danger (conference of Hervé Bachelez (Paris) - "Severe forms of psoriasis")
educational programmes for the management of psoriasis (conference of Carle Paul (Toulouse) - "Psoriasis and educational programme")
to estimate cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis (conference of Alain Simon (Paris) - "Estimation of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis")
the best strategy for the use of long-term treatments (conference of Louis Dubertret (Paris) - "Use of anti-psoriatic treatments in the long-term")
update on the knowledge of biological treatments (conference of Catherine Goujon (Lyon) - "Biotherapies in practice")
update on psoriasis physiopathology (conference of Martine Bagot (Paris) - "New therapeutical targets in psoriasis")
to learn how to reason upon clinical cases:
Interactive clinical cases - conferences of Catherine Goujon (Lyon), Michel Le Maitre (Caen), Marie Beylot-Barry (Bordeaux), François Aubin (Besançon), Vincent Descamps (Paris).
The abstracts of this symposium are freely accessible here (in French only).
The conferences’ presentations are accessible here (in French only), but on restricted access. Please register to access these documents.
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