Vitiligo: The Koebner phenomenon revisited and other topics

Bordeaux, March 1st

Organizers: Alain Taïeb and Mauro Picardo on behalf of the VETF, and 

Association des Dermatolo-Vénéréologues du Sud Ouest (ADVSO)

Venue: Hotel Burdigala, Bordeaux

9 -13 incl coffee break

Chairs: Dorothy Bennett (London), Jean Paul Ortonne (Nice)

Alain Taïeb (Bordeaux): Yvon Gauthier and the Koebner phenomenon

Mauro Picardo (Rome): The Koebner phenomenon and in vitro 

susceptibility of  melanocytes to physical and chemical stimuli.

JP W Van der Veen (Amsterdam) Occupational vitiligo: between 

Koebnerization and elicitation.

Nanja van Geel (Ghent): The Koebner phenomenon and other selection 

criteria in surgical therapies for vitiligo

Mats Olsson (Uppsala): Transcriptional profile of melanocytes from 

vitiligo patients

Adrian Tanew (Vienna): Is it useful to combine topical treatments with 

narrowband UVB for vitiligo?

Giovanni Leone (Rome): The efficacy of different sources for targeted 

phototherapy in vitiligo

Yvon Gauthier (Bordeaux): Personal views and concluding remarks

Lunch (with discussion of ongoing VETF projects)

Afternoon proposal: visit of Bordeaux Wine Châteaux (St Emilion,

Médoc or Sauternes)

Dinner: to be decided with ADVSO