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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Risk factors for allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. Kabesch (Munich, Germany), A. Magnan (Nantes Cedex 1, France)
Clinical significance of asthma related SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) in well defined asthma patients
M. Haida, K. Koyanagi, A. Hashiguchi (Tokyo, Saitama, Japan)
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TLR4 pathway analysis in the development of total IgE – the Allergenic study
N. E. Reijmerink, R. W. B. Bottema, M. Kerkhof, J. Gerritsen, F. F. Stelma, C. Thijs, C. P. van Schayck, H. A. Smit, B. Brunekreef, G. H. Koppelman, D. S. Postma (Groningen, Maastricht, Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Common IRF1 promoter polymorphisms induce changes in transcription factor binding subsequently affecting IRF1 gene expression
M. Schedel, L. A. Pinto, B. Schaub, P. Rosenstiel, D. Cherkasov, L. Cameron, N. Klopp, T. Illig, C. Vogelberg, S. K. Weiland, E. von Mutius, M. Lohoff, M. Kabesch (Munich, Campus Kiel, Marburg, Neuherberg, Dresden, Ulm, Germany; Edmonton, Canada)
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Alpha-tryptase haplotype: association with asthma and allergy susceptibility
A. Abdelmotelb, M. Rose-Zerilli, A. F. Walls, J. W. Holloway (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Pathway analysis of co-stimulatory genes and serum IgE levels in childhood – the allergenic study
R. W. B. Bottema, D. S. Postma, N. E. Reijmerink, C. Thijs, F. F. Stelma, H. A. Smit, C. P. van Schayck, B. Brunekreef, G. H. Koppelman, M. Kerkhof (Groningen, Maastricht, Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Neonatal fecal microflora in a clinical birth cohort study on the development of persistent wheeze and eczema in early life
N. Li, H. Bisgaard, B. Smith, L. Nørgaard, K. Smith (Beijing, China; Gentofte, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Rare TLR2 mutations reduce TLR2 receptor function and can increase atopy risk
M. S. D. Kormann, R. Ferstl, M. Depner, N. Klopp, T. Illig, C. Vogelberg, E. von Mutius, C. Kirschning, M. Kabesch (Munich, Neuherberg, Dresden, Germany)
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The association between metabolic syndrome, obesity and asthma
Y. Varol, A. Demir, U. Varol, B. Zeynep, S. Olcay, R. Ozacar (Izmir, Turkey)
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CD95 expression, annexin-V binding of phosphatidylserine and caspase-3 activity in lymphocytes in bronchial asthma
V. Mineev, I. Nesterovich, V. Trofimov, V. Emanuel, A. Lugovaya (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Airway hyperresponsiveness, but not exhaled nitric oxide, as a risk factor for decline in post-bronchodilator FEV1 in patients with stable asthma
N. Ohkura, M. Fujimura, A. Tokuda, N. Katayama, M. Abo, S. Nakao (Kanazawa, Japan)
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Influence of genetic component on susceptibility to atopic bronchial asthma and tuberculosis in Tomsk population: xenobiotic-metabolising enzymes
E. Bragina, M. Freidin, A. Rudko, O. Kolokolova, V. Pusyrev, L. Ogorodova (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Correlation between immunological and allergic profile of kids born to mothers with asthma
E. E. Lokshina, O. V. Zaitseva (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Dust samples from different animal stables do not differ in their potency of allergy prevention
S. Hagner, R. Teich, P. Pfefferle, H. Renz, G. Holger (Marburg, Germany)
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Airways inflammation is related to bronchial responsiveness only in atopic subjects with rhinitis and/or asthma
A. Malinovschi, C. Janson, M. Högman, G. Rolla, K. Torén, D. Norbäck, A. C. Olin (Uppsala, Gävle, Gothenburg, Sweden; Turin, Italy)
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Predisposing factors to asthma in adults living in the rural community of south western Nigeria
O. Ige, G. Falade, O. Arinola (Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria)
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Churg Strauss syndrome after polypectomy in asthmatic and allergic patients
B. Mokri, S. Fallah Tafti, N. Mansoori (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Specific serum IgE is associated with seasonal symptom load in children with allergic rhinitis
C. Rolinck-Werninghaus, T. Keil, U. Wahn, E. Hamelmann (Berlin, Germany)
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Lipoxin and eotaxin as markers of severity in patients with bronchial asthma
M. Mahmoud, A. Rabie, P. Moez, N. AbdElWahab, M. Omar (Alexandria, Egypt)
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