Description

The Arab League Against Rheumatism - (ArLAR 2018) covers topics such as:

Clinical topics by disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis - comorbidity and clinical aspects
- Rheumatoid arthritis - prognosis, predictors and outcome
- Rheumatoid arthritis - other biologic treatment
- Rheumatoid arthritis - anti-TNF therapy
- SLE, Sjögren`s and APS - treatment
- Rheumatoid arthritis - non biologic treatment
- Vasculitis
- SLE, Sjögren`s and APS - clinical aspects (other than treatment)
- Spondylarthropathies - treatment
- Scleroderma, myositis and related syndromes
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Spondylarthropathies - clinical aspects (other than treatment)
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Infection-related rheumatic diseases
- Crystal diseases, metabolic bone diseases and bone diseases other than osteoporosis
- Back pain, mechanical musculoskeletal problems, local soft tissue disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Paediatric rheumatology
- Other orphan diseases
Basic and translational research
- Adaptive immunity (T cells and B cells) in rheumatic diseases
- Genomics, genetic basis of disease and HLA/T cell recognition
- Cytokines and inflammatory mediators
- Innate immunity in rheumatic diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis - etiology, pathogenesis and animal models
- Cartilage, synovium and osteoimmunology
- SLE, Sjögren`s and APS - etiology, pathogenesis and animal models
- Spondyloarthritis - etiology, pathogenesis and animal models
- Basic science in paediatric rheumatology
- Scleroderma, myosotis and related syndromes - etiology, pathogenesis and animal models
Clinical topics by area of research
- Epidemiology, health services and outcome research
- Diagnostics and imaging procedures
- Education
- Rehabilitation