International Congress Barcelona 2013

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Towards personalised medicine in respiratory diseases in children

Symposium
Chairs: M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Aims: During this symposium, the audience will learn about: the limitations of RCTs for individual patient care; which tools are available for individualised treatment of asthmatic children; whether pharmacogenetics can be implemented in individualised treatment; predictors for treatment response; and the role e-Health may play in personalised medicine.

Variation in response: how to bridge the gap to individual patients S. Szefler (Denver, United States of America)
Pharmacogenetics of anti-inflammatory treatment in children with asthma A.H. Maitland-Van Der Zee (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Predicting response to treatment in preschool children T. Guilbert (Madison, United States of America)
e-Health in personalized medicine: the patient's perspective M. Oudeman (Rotterdam, Netherlands)