Rheumatology and the kidney

Lupus nephritis
1. Clinical manifestations of lupus nephritis
2. Histology
3. Complement in lupus
4. Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis
5. Treatment: pulse cyclophosphamide
6. Treatment: continuous therapies
7. SLE in pregnancy
8. Renal involvement in the anti-phospholipid syndrome

Vasculitis: ANCA positive
1. Pathology of vasculitis
2. Clinical presentation and treatment of renal vasculitis

Vasculitis: ANCA negative
1. Takayasu's arteritis

Systemic sclerosis
1. BRheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease and
polymyositis

Amyloidosis
1. Rheumatic diseases and amyloid: clinical features and
treatment
2. Light-chain and heavy-chain deposition diseases, and
primary amyloidosis
3. Hepatitis C associated mixed cryoglobulinaemia
4. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the kidney
5. Rheumatologic diseases associated with interstitial
nephritis
6. Gout, uric acid and the kidney

Rheumatological complications of renal disease and
transplantation
1. Dialysis arthropathy
2. Rheumatological complications of renal disease and
transplantation: Transplantation osteoporosis / osteonecrosis