Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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Monitoring airway inflammation – exhaled markers vs induced sputum

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Chairs: J. Hunt (Charlottesville, United States of America), M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy)

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The effect of inhaled corticosteroid therapy on exhaled nitric oxide and exhaled hydrogen peroxide in asthma patients E. Rovkina, A. Emelyanov, L. M. DuBuske (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; Gardner, United States Of America)
Exhaled nitric oxide and lower airway involvement in persistent rhinitis E. Heffler, G. Guida, L. Bommarito, P. Marsico, G. Rolla (Torino, Italy)
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide pattern in rhinitis with or without concomitant asthma differ in central and peripheral airway involvement E. Tufvesson, D. Aronsson, J. Ankerst, L. Bjermer (Lund, Sweden)
Oxidative stress evaluation in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) vs induced sputum (IS) in the assessment of lung diseases E. Fireman, M. Stark, I. Priel, R. Shiner, R. Mor, S. Kivity (Tel-Aviv, Holon, Israel; London, United Kingdom)
Exhaled nitrite in stable asthmatic children – is it really a good marker for monitoring airway inflammation? C. Vogelberg, K. Annegret, W. Christiane, M. Katarina, B. Antje, R. Ursula, N. Volker, L. Wolfgang (Dresden, Germany)
Discordance between sputum eosinophil counts and exhaled nitric oxide levels in asthma P. Haldar, M. Berry, R. H. Green, C. E. Brightling, A. J. Wardlaw, I. D. Pavord, S. S. Birring (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Airway eosinophilia is not related to clinical and functional findings in a large group of severe refractory asthmatics F. L. Dente, E. Garbella, E. Bacci, S. Cianchetti, A. DiFranco, E. Masino, P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Airways acidification in asthma studied by means of induced sputum: a study of feasibility and correlation with disease control and severity M. Kodric, A. N. Shah, L. M. Fabbri, M. Confalonieri (Trieste, Modena, Italy)