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ASSESSMENT TOOLS
In order to measure disease activity, progression, and change with therapy in rheumatic diseases, it is important to use accurate, reliable, and feasible and validated outcome measures that can
ideally be employed in longitudinal cohorts, clinical trials, and clinical practice.
Here we present and update of assessment tools employed in rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondilytis making emphasis in validated instruments in Spanish versions.
We hope to enlarge this list in a near future. Collaborations from everywhere are welcome.
Carlo V Caballero, MD
Unidad de Reumatología.
Hospital Universidad del Norte.
Barranquilla - Colombia.

An award established in 2006 by
RHEUMINATIONS, INC.
a private, non-profit foundation funding science and education to help improve the lives of those who have lupus.
STELLAR: SUPPORTING TRAINING EFFORTS IN LUPUS FOR LATIN AMERICAN RHEUMATOLOGISTS. March, 2007
The objective of this award is to provide hands-on experience in clinical research in lupus to mid-career academic rheumatologist and to a rheumatology trainee or recent graduate, whose primary areas of interest are lupus. Those receiving the awards will use the LUMINA database both to enhance clinical research skills and knowledge during the tenure of the awards and to continue their lupus research when they return to their countries of origin.
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PANLAR – MERCK SHARP & DOHME RHEUMATOLOGY PRIZE 2005 FOR LATIN AMERICAN RHEUMATOLOGISTS
Dr. Ana María Blasini, Chief, Section of Rheumatology and Immunology Research at the National Center for Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela is the 2005 recipient of the PANLAR – Merck Sharp & Dohme Rheumatology Prize for Latin American Rheumatologists, as Dr. Juan Angulo Solimano, current PANLAR President informed Rheumatology News. The award will be presented to Dr. Blasini during the Latin America Study Group, to be convened on Monday, November 14, in the course of the ACR Annual Meeting.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: PANLAR-Merck Rheumatology-Prize 2006
The aim of the PANLAR-Merck Rheumatology prize is to encourage clinical and basic research in all fields of Rheumatology in all Latin American member countries of PANLAR. The prize shall be awarded in recognition of an outstanding achievement in the field of Rheumatology and to encourage further research in the field. There will be two categories: Clinical and Basic Sciences, which will be rated separately. Each recipient will be awarded $5,000.00. To recognize the sponsorship of Merck Sharpe & Dohme for this prize, the name is officially acknowledged as the PANLAR-MERCK SHARP DOHME RHEUMATOLOGY PRIZE.
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Panamerican Rheumatologists
This section highlights the life and work of very important panamerican rheumatologists.
Dr. Antonio Reginato(†).
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PRIMER CURSO PANLAR DE ECOGRAFIA DEL APARATO
LOCOMOTOR PARA REUMATOLOGOS 
AVALADO POR LA ESCUELA DE ECOGRAFIA DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE REUMATOLOGIA
Profesorado: Ingrid Moller, Esperanza Naredo, Paz Collado, Carlos Pineda, Jose Antonio Bouffard, Emilio
Filippucci, Maritza Quintero, Marta Aliste, Magaly Alva, Roser Areni, Carlos Moya, Mario Chavez,
Johan Michaud, Victor Flores, Benjamín Reyes
Hotel Princess Reforma- Ciudad de Guatemala
Domingo 10, lunes 11 y martes 12 de agosto 2008
Idioma: Español
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XI JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE REUMATOLOGIA
06 al 08 de septiembre de 2007, Mérida (Venezuela)
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Programa en Ultrasonido del Aparato Músculo Esquelético
13TH INTERNATIONAL VASCULITIS & ANCA
April 26-29, 2007, Cancun (Mexico)

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THE XV CONGRESS OF PANLAR
August 13-16, 2008, Guatemala (Guatemala)

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Others events of interest in the panemerican area
ACR AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY 70TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
November 10-15, 2006, Washington, D.C., (USA)
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2do. SIMPOSIO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE SJÖGREN
El SINDROME DE SJÖGREN afecta como ustedes saben al 1% de la población general. Se caracteriza por la gran dificultad en su diagnóstico, su cronicidad, gran perturbación en la calidad de vida de los pacientes que lo sufren y las significativas mejoras que logra el paciente cuando es abordado por un equipo profesional multidisciplinario.
Por ello SECA convocó hace dos años a un conjunto de profesionales para la realización del 1er. SIMPOSIO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE SJÖGREN.
Dado el resultado del mismo, pacientes y profesionales han pedido una nueva versión. Por ello el próximo 1 y 2 de Junio en el Hotel Sheraton Libertador estamos desarrollando el 2do. SIMPOSIO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE SJÖGREN a realizarse el dia 1 de junio en el Hotel Sheraton Libertador sito en Av. Córdoba 680 de 8.30 hs a 18 hs.
En efecto hemos:
- Concretado la presencia de figuras de primer nivel internacional como:
- el Profesor Dr. Philip Fox, Presidente del simposio internacional de Sjögren en Washington 2006 y de la
- Sra. Virginia Ladd, Presidenta de la Asociación de Enfermedades Autoninmunes Americana.
- Comprometieron sus disertaciones, líderes de opinión de diversas especialidades que tratan al, SJÖGREN que podrán verse en la página web. de SECA www.secaonline.com.ar
- Juntamente con la SAR están auspiciando el SIMPOSIO, PANLAR (Panamerican League of Associatons for Rheumatology) y SSF (Síndrome Sjögren´s Foundation).
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