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.


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  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
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Genetic risk factors for asthma and COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Asthma, obesity and TNFA: two international population-based cohort studies
M. Kogevinas, F. Castro, D. Jarvis, R. de Cid, M. Wjst, X. Esivill, J. M. Anto, M. Machler, M. Imboden, W. Berger, T. Rochat, N. M. Probst-Hensch (Barcelona, Spain; London, United Kingdom; Munich, Germany; Zurich, Geneva, Switzerland)
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Effect of traffic related air-pollution and oxidative stress genes on asthma (ECRHS)
F. Castro-Giner, M. Kogevinas, D. Jarvis, B. Fosberg, B. Jacquemin, I. Aguilera, D. Vienneau, J. Heinrich, J. Sunyer, R. de Cid, J. R. Gonzalez, M. Wjst, X. Estivill, J. M. Antó, N. Künzli (Barcelona, Spain; London, United Kingdom; Umea, Swede
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CD14 and toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms, country living during childhood, and asthma in adults of the French EGEA study
L. A. M. Smit, V. Siroux, E. Bouzigon, M. P. Oryszczyn, F. Demenais, F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, Grenoble, Paris, France; Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The association of bronchial reactivity with use of gas for cooking is modified by GSTM1 homozygous deletion
A. Ramasamy, F. Castro-Giner, J. Heinrich, N. Kunzli, C. Minelli, M. Kogevinas, D. Jarvis (London, United Kingdom; Barcelona, Spain; Neuherberg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
MRP1 polymorphisms contribute to level and decline of lung function in two general population cohorts
M. Siedlinski, M. Boezen, J. Boer, H. Smit, D. Postma (Groningen, Bilthoven, Netherlands)
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C-reactive protein serum levels, genotypes and the risk of COPD. The Rotterdam study
Y. van Durme, K. Verhamme, G. Van Pottelberge, J. Witteman, A. Uitterlinden, G. Joos, A. Hofman, G. Brusselle, B. Stricker (Ghent, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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Novel strategy to identify genetic risk factors for COPD severity: genetically isolated populations
C. C. van Diemen, D. S. Postma, Y. S. Aulchenko, P. J. L. M. Snijders, B. A. Oostra, C. M. van Duijn, H. M. Boezen (Groningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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