8th CONGRESS OF HEMATOLOGY EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION Lyon , June 12th15th 2003

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8th CONGRESS OF HEMATOLOGY EUROPEAN
ASSOCIATION Lyon , June 12th-15th 2003
First Meeting of the Working Group on
Thrombocytopenias June 14, 2003 18.30-20.30 Room
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WG on Thrombocytopeniashow to establish the WG

• Should be based on voluntary cooperation
• Meet at least annually at the EHA-Congress
• Structure
• Executive Committee
  proposed to EHA Board for approval
• Chair proposed by the
  members of the executive committee
• and
  approved by the EHA Board
• Members any EHA
  member active in the field
• Proposal the provisory coordinators of the WG
  (F.Rodeghiero, D.Provan) will propose to EHA
  Board 5-8 individuals as members of executive
  committee for EHA approval nominee are welcome-

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WG on ThrombocytopeniasProposals from the
members

• 1.ITP in adults and children
• Methodological issues criteria for definition of
  ITP and refractory ITP
• Diagnostic issues Ab anti-platelet assay,
  platelet kinetics
• Natural history refractory forms, outcome after
  splenectomy
• Prospective inception cohort studies
• International registry of patients
• Therapy new strategies
• 2.Drug-induced thrombocytopenia
• HIT cooperative registry
• 3. Pregnancy-associated thrombocytopenia
• Guidelines for diagnosis and therapy
• 4. Congenital/inherited thrombocytopenia
• Cooperative registry
• Guidelines for diagnosis

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WG on ThrombocytopeniasLogistics and
Organization

• Scientific Secretariat
• Mailing list of scientists with common interest
• Ad-hoc web-site (www.hemato.ven.it) with news,
  official documents, links, etc
• and for proposals
• Creation of ad hoc WPs on specific aspects o
  targets
• Database with updated systematic revision of the
  literature
• Registry of clinical trials
• Collaboration for funding projects

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First Meeting of the Working Group on
ThrombocytopeniasJune 14, 2003
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EHA Working Group
Thrombocytopenias
Nominee forms Executive Committee
and Application forms for new
members available
Please send your suggestion to provisory
Scientific Secretariat Marco Ruggeri,
Department of Hematology Viale Rodolfi 37. 36100
Vicenza -Italy- phone [phone] fax
39 (0)444 993365 e.mail
ruggeri_at_hemato.ven.it
 
 

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