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 childhood asthma and allergy

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: N. Hanania (Houston, Tx, United States of America), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Intrauterine bacterial invasion at birth and the risk of asthma among offspring at the age 15–17 years
J. Pekkanen, L. Keski-Nisula, M. L. Katila, S. Heinonen (Kuopio, Finland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
T regulatory cell function is influenced by maternal farm exposure
B. Schaub, J. Liu, S. Höppler, S. Illi, E. von Mutius (Munich, Germany; Chang Chun, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Eight year outcomes of HDM avoidance and diet fatty acid interventions in a high risk birth cohort: the childhood asthma prevention study
G. Marks, B. Toelle, K. Ng, C. Almqvist, K. Webb, E. Tovey, E. Belousova, A. Kemp, C. Mellis, S. Leeder (Sydney NSW, Australia; Stockholm, Sweden)
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Asthma, clinical allergy and sensitization at age 18 after severe RSV bronchiolitis in early infancy
N. Sigurs, F. Aljassim, B. Kjellman, P. Gustafsson (Borås, Gothenburg, Skövde, Sweden)
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Small and large airway function at age 18 after severe RSV bronchiolitis in early infancy
F. Aljassim, N. Sigurs, B. Kjellman, P. Gustafsson (Gothenburg, Borås, Skövde, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Oxidative state in school children and the impact on asthma and rhinitis
E. Bakkeheim, P. Mowinckel, K. H. Carlsen, K. Lødrup Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
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The influence of family size and birth order on intracellular interferon (IFN)-γ production by cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC): ²hygiene hypothesis² vs. ²intrauterine programming hypothesis² of atopy forming
S. Tereshchenko, I. Novitzkiy, L. Vasilieva (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Risk factors for eczema during the first year of life in the infants of western Sweden birth cohort study
G. Wennergren, N. Åberg, L. Erdes, P. Möllborg, R. Pettersson, G. Norvenius, E. Goksör, B. Alm (Gothenburg, Skene, Uddevalla, Skövde, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms and risk of asthma in children with early life tobacco smoke exposure
M. J. Rose-Zerilli, J. Kashani, S. T. Holgate, S. Barton, J. W. Holloway (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Combinations of T-bet and HLX1 gene variants significantly increase childhood asthma risk
K. Suttner, P. Rosenstiel, M. Depner, L. A. Pinto, A. Ruether, N. Klopp, T. Illig, C. Vogelberg, S. Schreiber, E. von Mutius, M. Kabesch (Munich, Kiel, Neuherberg, Dresden, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Study of association of BclI polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene with maternal asthma and allergic diseases of kids
E. E. Lokshina, O. V. Zaitseva (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid receptor gene and bronchial asthma in children
M. Zhdanova, M. Bogdanova, A. Voitovich, O. Ashchepkova, G. Novik, V. Larionova (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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The phenotypical peculiarities of atopic bronchial asthma in children with different genotypes of ACE enzymes
I. Sardaryan, L. Zhelenina, A. Galustyan, D. Korostovcev, T. Ivaschenko (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Gene variants in IL18R1 and IL18RAP are associated with IgE and 25-hydroxy-D3 levels in asthma families
M. Wjst (München-Neuherberg, Germany)
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Microbial levels in homes – associations with childhood asthma and moisture damage
A. Hyvärinen, P. Kaarakainen, T. Meklin, H. Rintala, P. Kärkkäinen, M. Korppi, J. Pekkanen, A. Nevalainen (Kuopio, Tampere, Finland)
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Prolonged breastfeeding – effect on allergies and childhood asthma
S. Cerovic, Z. Zivkovic, S. Radic, J. Jocic Stojanovic, V. Rodic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Association analysis of interleukin gene polymorphisms with childhood asthma in Volga-Ural region of Russia
Y. Fedorova, A. Karunas, N. Ramazanova, E. Etkina, E. Khusnutdinova (Ufa, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of asthma in children in Romania urban areas
C. Gheonea, D. A. Plesca, D. Dragomir, D. Oraseanu, I. Cernatescu, M. Nanulescu, M. Neamtu, N. Bisca, P. Chereches-Panta, S. Gotia (Bucharest, Craiova, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Factors associated with difference in prevalence of asthma in children from the two major cities of Greece: ISAAC II
A. Papadopoulou, E. Hatziagorou, F. Kyrvasilis, D. B. Panagiotakos, C. Gratziou, J. N. Tsanakas, K. N. Priftis (Athens, Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Gene-environment interaction with passive smoking and development of asthma symptoms in early childhood after first RSV bronchiolitis before age of the 12 months
T. Zaharov, C. Vrang, V. Brændholt, B. Kamenov (Naestved, Denmark; Nis, Serbia And Montenegro)
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