Duration
24 Oct 2009 - 25 Oct 2009
The 9th EFCC Continuous Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry
NEW TRENDS IN CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF
THYROID DISEASES
IUC-Dubrovnik, October 24-25, 2009.
P R O G R A M
Saturday, October 24th
0815 – 0900 REGISTRATION
0900– 0915 Introduction
0915 – 0945 Vesna Barac-Latas (Croatia): Thyroid hormone synthesis, storage and release
0945 – 1015 Zvonko Kusić (Croatia): Thyroid diseases: epidemiology, pathopshysiology and classification
1015 – 1045 Coffee break
1045 – 1115 Simona Gaberšček (Slovenia): Hyperthyroidism
1115 – 1145 Sergej Hojker (Slovenia): Hypothyroidism
1145 – 1215 Nikola Bešić (Slovenia): Thyroid cancer
1215 – 1430 Lunch break
1430 – 1500 Sanda Jelisavac Ćosić (Croatia): Cell signaling in cancer tissue
1500 – 1530 Gábor L. Kovács (Hungary): Basic concepts and misconcepts in clinical and diagnostic
endocrinology
1530 – 1600 Emese Mezősi (Hungary): Inappropriate TSH secretion
1600 – 1630 Coffee break
1630 – 1700 João-Tiago Guimarães (Portugal): Thyroid disease and obesity
1700 – 1730 Paolo Beck-Peccoz (Italy): Thyroid (dis)function and pregnancy
1730 – 1800 Mladen Petrovečki (Croatia): Reports on thyroid diseases: truths, myths and pitfalls
2000 Get-together-dinner
Sunday, October 25th
0830 – 0900 Tamás Kőszegi (Hungary): Preanalytical and analytical errors in thyroid assays
0900 – 0930 Esther A. Jensen (Denmark): Biological variation of thyroid autoantibodies and thyroglobulin
0930 – 1000 Coffee break
1000 – 1030 Pierre Carayon (France): Diagnostic algorithm for thyroid diseases: international guidelines
1030 Closing remarks
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24th