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ESH GR-EX Training Course on Red Blood Cells: Genesis and Pathophysiology

Chairs: C. Beaumont, W. El Nemer

 

SESSION I: NORMAL ERYTHROPOIESIS
Apoptosis and erythroid differentiationG. Courtois
Autophagy and erythroblast maturation – V. Betin

 

SESSION II: HYPOXIA, ALTITUDE AND SPORT
Epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of high altitude polycythemia (Monges’s disease) –  J.P. Richalet

 

KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Large-scale erythroid differentiation using iPS cellsL. Douay

 

KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Not so benign haematology: anaemia of the elderly –  C.N. Roy

 

SESSION IV: ACQUIRED ANAEMIA
Novel erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: a new era in anaemia managementI. Macdougall

 

SESSION V: SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND MALARIA
Malaria: pathology and cytoadherenceA. Merckx
Modifier genes in sickle cell disease J. Elion