Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Respiratory muscle pathophysiology

Oral Presentation
Chairs: A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands), J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Evidence for early onset of skeletal muscle abnormalities in smoking mice
H. Gosker, R. Langen, K. Bracke, G. Joos, E. Wouters, A. Schols, B. Guy (Maastricht, Netherlands; , ; Ghent, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Decreased expression of genes involved in skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism in COPD patients with muscle wasting
A. Remels, H. Gosker, J. Gea, P. Sliwinski, M. Polkey, J. Galdiz, A. Schols (Maastricht, Netherlands; Barcelona, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain; Warsaw, Poland; London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Neural respiratory drive in patients with COPD
H. D. Wu, C. Jolley, Y. R. Lu, J. Steier, J. Moxham, M. I. Polkey, Y. M. Luo, N. S. Zhong (Guangzhou, China; London, United Kingdom)
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Signaling of angiopoietin-1 in human skeletal cells: role of NADPH oxidase
M. Mofarrahi, F. Vilhardt, S. Hussain (Montreal/QC, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Contribution of respiratory muscle blood flow to exercise-induced diaphragmatic fatigue in trained cyclists
I. Vogiatzis, D. Athanasopoulos, R. Boushel, J. Guenette, M. Koskolou, H. Wagner, C. Roussos, P. Wagner, S. Zakynthinos (Athens, Greece; Vancouver, Montreal, Canada; San Diego, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Damage and expression of TNF receptors in respiratory muscles of COPD patients: temporal sequence
C. Casadevall, C. Coronell, A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, M. Orozco-Levi, E. Barreiro, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Aminophylline increases respiratory muscle activity during hypercapnia in humans
M. Yokoba, M. Katagiri, Y. Nishii, T. Yanaihara, Y. Okada, N. Masuda, P. Easton, T. Abe (Sagamihara/Kanagawa, Izu/Shizuoka, Japan; Calgary, AB, Canada)
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Effects of swallowing and inspiratory efforts on pharyngeal cortical control and pharyngeal muscle strength
E. Verin, Y. Ouahchi, J. P. Marie (Rouen, France)
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