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24th EADV congress

The report of 24th EADV congress by Dr. Vahide Lajevardi

Application Code :

306-0215-0152

Created Date : Tuesday, December 1, 2015 12:29:37Update Date : Tuesday, December 8, 2015 20:24:22
IP Address : 178.131.4.155Submit Date : Sunday, December 13, 2015 18:27:38Email : Vahide_lajevardi@yahoo.com

Personal Information

Name :	Vahide
Surname :	Lajevardi
School/Research center :	School of Medicine
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Position :	Assistant professor
Tel :	+98-21-44056660

Information of Congress

Title of the Congress :	24th EADV congress
Title of your Abstract :	1)Serum prolactin levels in Pemphigus Vulgaris and its association with disease severity 2)Vitamin D3 serum level in vitiligo patients: A case-control study from Iran
Destination Country :	Denmark
From :	Monday, September 7, 2015
To :	Friday, September 11, 2015
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) :	1)Serum prolactin levels in Pemphigus Vulgaris and its association with disease severity Lajevardi V., Halaji Z., Khani S. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dermatology, Tehran, Iran INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Prolactin is a hormone, in addition to its known roles has immunomodulatory effects on lymphocytes maturation and immunoglobulins production. Hyperprolactinemia has been demonstrated in autoimmune disease such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Type I Diabetes Mellitus, and Graves ’ disease. In view of the prolactin immunomodulatory roles, studying prolactin levels in pemphigus as a autoimmune blistering disease may introduce new ways of understanding disease etiology and developing treatment strategies MATERIAL & METHODS: In this case series study, prolcatin levels were measured in 50 new pemphigus vulgaris cases in Razi Dermatology Hospital,Tehran,Iran and pemphigus severity and extent was estimated by pemphigus disease area index (PDAI). RESULTS: Of 50 patients, 18 were male and 32 were female with mean age of 41.56±13.66 years old. Mean PRL level was 15.60±11.72 ( 10.68 in males and 18.37 in females). Eleven out of 50 patient had PRL higher than normal range. No relation was found between PRL level and disease activity by Spearman Test (P-value=0.982). In comparing the extent of the disease between the two groups with normal and high prolactin, paired T-test to test showed no significant relation (P-value = 0.204). CONCLUSIONS: In our study 22% of patients had hyperprolactinemia which was greater among females. The highest PRL level was detected in mucocutaneous group. Although serum PRL levels were higher in patients with greater pemphigus disease area index but it did not reach statistical significance. 2)Vitamin D3 serum level in vitiligo patients: A case-control study from Iran Lajevardi V., Nazemi M. J. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dermatology, Tehran, Iran INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Generalized vitiligo is characterized by autoimmune destruction of melanocytes which results in patches of depigmented skin and overlying hair. Vitamin D is an essential hormone synthesized in the skin and is responsible for skin pigmentation. Low vitamin D levels have been noted in patients with a variety of autoimmune diseases. A recent study showed that low vitamin D levels may be associated with vitiligo. MATERIAL & METHODS: To assess the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in Iranian patients with vitiligo in comparison to normal controls.we have studied 30 patients newly diagnosed with vitiligo and 30 matched healthy controls through a case control design. Two groups were matched for gender, age, and the season in which serum level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D was measured. The serum levels were categorized as sufficient, insufficient and deficient. RESULTS: The mean serum level of vitamin D was 10.24±1.27 ng/ml in patients compared to 18.31±7.39 ng/ml in control group. Male patients had a lower levels of vitamin D compared to controls (7.25ng/ml vs. 13.31ng/ml, P= 0.03), while no significant difference was observed in females (14.12ng/ml vs. 16.25ng/ml, P=0.51). CONCLUSIONS: The present study demonstrates that there may be an association between low levels of Vitamin D3 and vitiligo disease in men
Keywords of your Abstract :	pemphigus vulgaris, prolactin
Acceptance Letter :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/11385/Forms/306/15.pdf
The presentation :	eposter
The Cover of Abstract book :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/11385/Forms/306/IMG_0179.pdf
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/11385/Forms/306/خلاصه_مقاله_2_001.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? :	none
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The Congress Reporting Form

How many volunteers were present at the Congress? :	More than 5000 dermatologist from all over the world were present in this congress.
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? :	as this congress is one the most well known and important annual in dermatology society, it's population is diffuse from all over the world, from Asia,Africa,America and Europe.I could talk and discuss about many topics with Dermatologist from Germany, Denmark, United States, China and India
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? :	No
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? :	Many of the experts interested my research. I talked and discussed with them about the similar works that have been done yet in these topics and about the differences between this research and previous works.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. :	Dr.Christos Zouboulis from Germany dr.Dedee Murrell from Australia
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress :	The protocol program you have designed to get the scholarship is frustrating really. It takes a long time that I can earn it to study, visiting my patients..... actually if I hadn started it , I wouldn't complete it! Please make it simple. additionally giving this opportunity just one in year is not enough, please change it to two congress in the year.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) :	Getting visa from the Denmark embesy was impossible if we didn't complete the congress registration and we couldn't register on line Becky we don't have credit card! So we had to get visas from another country.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: :	European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology(EADV) congress take place in one of the European countries every year.Many Dermatologist and Dermatology residents from all over the world participate in EADV congress. EADV congress has different topics in all fields of dermatology and a lot of interesting lectures.As a result of presenting many different lectures simultaneously selecting the best sometimes is too difficult. I record many of presentations with taking photos of slides and bringing them to the hospital for my colleges and residents. Usually we make a brief report of the congress news and present it in the educational program of the dermatology residents. By the way finding the opportunity of participating in these important congress makes the academic staffs uptodate.