Rheumatology and the Kidney

LUPUS NEPHRITIS; 1. Clinical presentation and assessment of disease activity in lupus nephritis; 2. Lupus nephritis: Histopathology; 3. Lupus nephritis: Complement in lupus; 4. Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis; 5. Evidence-based treatment of lupus nephritis; 6. The role of biologicals in the treatment of lupus nephritis; 7. Systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy; 8. Renal involvement in the antiphospholipid syndrome; VASCULITIS; 9. Vasculitis classification; 10. The immunopathogenesis of vasculitis; 11. Pathology of vasculitis; 12. Assessment of disease activity and damage in the ANCA associated systemic vasculitides; 13. The clinical presentation and treatment of renal vasculitis; 14. Polyarteritis nodosa; 15. Henoch-Schoenlein purpura; 16. Takayasu arteritis; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; 17. Immunopathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of systemic sclerosis; AMYLOIDOSIS; 18. Immunopathogenesis and diganosis of amyloidosis; 19. Rheumatic disease and amyloid: Clinical features and treatment; 20. Primary amyloidosis; 21. Light-chain and heavy-chain deposition diseases; VIRUS ASSOCIATED DISEASE; 22. Hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia; 23. Hepatitis B associated renal diseases; 24. Rheumatic complications of HIV infection; 25. Renal complications of HIV infection; NEPHROTOXICITY OF DRUGS; 26. NSAID's nephrotoxicity; 27. Nephrotoxicity of drugs used in rheumatology: Analgesic nephropathy; 28. Renal toxicity of anti-rheumatic drugs; OTHER; 29. Rheumatologic diseases associated with interstitial nephritis; 30. Management of gout in the patient with renal disease; RHEUMATOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS; 31. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; 32. Rheumatological complications of renal disease and transplantation