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 structure and function

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), G. Miserocchi (Monza, Italy)
Post stroke dysphagia rehabilitation by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a non controlled pilot study
E. Verin, Y. Ouahchi, J. P. Marie (Rouen, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Probability of obstructive sleep apnea based on cephalometric analysis. A Bayesian analysis approach
P. Panagou, X. Mermingis, K. Tsintiris (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Influences of central hypervolemia on respiratory function
N. Aleksandrova (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The role of polymorphonuclear neutrophil leucocytes in the development of bronchial hyperreactivity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
V. Cukic, V. Lovre, S. Genjac, A. Ustamujic, J. Mornjakovic, J. Maglajlic, M. Zecevic-Masic (Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina)
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Phosphodiesterase 4 and 5 inhibitor and steroid actions on pulmonary injury induced by microcystin-LR
G. M. C. Carvalho, V. Oliveira, R. Cruz, S. Valenca, R. Soares, S. Azevedo, L. Lima, E. Barreiro, D. Faffe, W. Zin (Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Community-acquired pneumonia acute period: neutrophil redox-potential and protein oxidative modification process
T. Zhavoronok, E. Stepovaya, N. Ryazanceva, G. Petina, F. Tetenev, T. Ageeva, V. Ivanov, Y. Starikov, S. Mishustin (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Size, number and surface influence the entering of particles into lung epithelial cells in vitro
C. Brandenberger, B. Rothen-Rutishauser, F. Blank, P. Gehr, C. Muehlfeld (Bern, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Redox systems of neutrophils of patients with exacerbated COPD
P. Marharyta G., S. Galina N., S. Elena N., S. E. Savitskaya, S. N. Cherenkevitch (Minsk, Belarus)
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In vivo and in vitro regulation of angiopoietin expression by bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
M. Mofarrahi, T. Nouh, S. Qureshi, D. Mayaki, S. Hussain (Montreal/QC, Canada)
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Role of the prefrontal cortex in respiratory control
V. Aleksandrov, T. Ivanova, N. Aleksandrova (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Correlation of nasal nitric oxide, ciliary beat frequency, ciliary beat pattern and ultrastructural defects in patients referred to a national diagnostic centre for primary ciliary dyskinesia
C. Jackson, P. Goggin, E. Adam, C. Barnes, E. Quinn, A. Page, T. Pond, P. Lackie, J. Lucas (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Treatment with corticosteroids and yearly decline of forced expiratory flow (FEV1) in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
P. Pavlov, Y. Ivanov, P. Nikolova, T. Popova, E. Borisova, A. Velkova (Pleven, Bulgaria)
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Postural changes of lung volumes in beta-thalassemia subjects affected by restrictive or obstructive impairment in comparison to fibrotic and asthmatic patients
M. A. Romolotti, V. Fasano, C. Elena, V. Elisabetta, G. Piatti (Cremona, Milano, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Factors affecting survival of bronchiectasis patients
F. Arslan Ciftci, E. Sen, B. Eris Gulbay, Z. P. Onen, O. Akkoca Yildiz, T. Acican, S. Bartu Saryal, G. Karabiyikoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Repeated physical stress reduces the mucociliary clearance in guinea pigs with chronic allergic airway inflammation
R. Almeida-Reis, F. da Silva, F. Reis, A. Choqueta-Toledo, R. Marques, E. Leick-Maldonado, C. Prado, M. Dolhnikoff, M. Martins, I. Tibério (São Paulo SP, Brazil)
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Tracheal calcification: a change with age?
B. B. Yildirim, A. Karalezli, S. Kaya, H. C. Hasanoglu, A. N. Tokgonul, O. Tosun (Ankara, Turkey)
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Na+-glucose cotransporter is also expressed in mesothelium of species with thick visceral pleura
C. Sironi, F. Bodega, C. Porta, A. Monaco, L. Zocchi, E. Agostoni (Milano, Italy)
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Low pH alters the electrochemical function of human parietal pleura
V. Kouritas, C. Hatzoglou, C. Foroulis, A. Hevas, K. Gourgoulianis, P. A. Molyvdas (Larissa, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Iron and the carotid body function
J. Antosiewicz, M. Walski, M. Pokorski (Warsaw, Poland)
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