Annual European Congress of Rheumatology

Abstract

The Annual European Congress of Rheumatology is one of the largest rheumatology congresses in the world, providing a forum for the exchange of the latest scientific, clinical and patient-focussed research and information. The 20th Annual Congress was jointly organized with the Paediatric Rheumatology Society (PReS) for the first time. The meeting attracted 14,000 delegates from more than 120 countries. Among the 125 sessions and poster tours across the spectrum of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, there were 14 devoted to pediatric rheumatology. This Meeting Report provides a brief summary of some of the new research and drug developments for pediatric rheumatology that were presented at the meeting.