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Second European Paediatric Congress, Berlin, April 24-27, 1996 International Congress Center

Symposium "VUR and Pyelonephritis" Thursday, April 25th, 1996

Programme Morning Session (08:30-13:00 h) International Reflux Study in Children (IRSC) - European Branch New results from the first and the second 5-year observation periods

Moderator: Smellie, London

1. Development of renal parenchymal damage and renal growth (Olbing, Essen)

2. Disappearance of VUR (Tamminen-M6bius, Essen)

3. Urinary tract infections and renal status (Koskimies, Helsinki)

4. 99mTc-DMSA scintigraphy (Piepsz, Brussels)

5. EDTA-clearances and serum-creatinine (Sixt, Gothenburg) COFFEE BREAK

Moderator: Parkkulainen, Helsinki

6. Body growth (Wingen, Essen)

7. Blood pressure (Rascher, Giegen)

8. What is the significance of renal parenchymal thinning? (Tamminen-M6bius, Essen)

9. Does non-reproducibility of dilating VUR (after 3 months) correlate with good prognosis? (Jodal, Gothenburg)

10. Bladder capacity (Hj~ilmfis, Gothenburg)

Afternoon session (14:30-18:00 h)

11. Reflux nephropathy (In memory of Paul Mellin) (Risdon, London)

Round table Moderator: Ransley, London

12. What is new? (Smellie, London)

13. Bilateral dilating VUR (Tamminen-M6bius, Essen) COFFEE BREAK

Prof. Dr. E. Schmidt President of the Second

European Paediatric Congress

14. Implications for patient care (Olbing, Essen)

15. Implications for future research (Aperia, Stockholm)

Prof. Dr. H. Olbing Chairman der International

Reflux Study in Children (IRSC)