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.

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

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Novel research results in genetics and epidemiology of airway diseases

Poster Discussion
Chairs: F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain)

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Genome-wide search for asthma severity in French EGEA families E. Bouzigon, V. Siroux, M. H. Dizier, A. Lemainque, C. Pison, M. Lathrop, F. Kauffmann, I. Pin, F. Demenais (Evry, Grenoble, Villejuif, France)
Case-control and family-based association analyses between polymorphisms of ADAM33 gene and asthma, asthma severity and FEV1 in the EGEA study V. Siroux, E. Bouzigon, F. Kauffmann, I. Pin, C. Pison, M. Lathrop, F. Demenais (Grenoble, Evry, Villejuif, France)
Multivariate genetic analysis of atopy phenotypes in a selected sample of twins S. F. Thomsen, C. S. Ulrik, K. O. Kyvik, M. A. R. Ferreira, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Odense, Denmark; Brisbane, Australia)
TLR4 299 polymorphisms are associated with wheeze in women but not in men: the Humboldt study J. A. Dosman, D. C. Rennie, D. Schwartz, V. Grover, H. H. McDuffie, L. Burch, P. Punam, L. Bharadwaj, Y. Chen (Saskatoon, Ottawa, Canada; Research Triangle Park, United States Of America)
Polymorphisms in surfactant proteins and FEV₁ decline and development of COPD in the general population C. C. van Diemen, D. S. Postma, J. M. Vonk, H. M. Boezen (Groningen, Netherlands)
Mortality in individuals with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ) H. A. Tanash, E. Piitulainen (Malmö, Sweden)
Relationships between lung physiology and airway and systemic inflammation: a cohort study in COPD D. Singh, U. Kolsum, C. Starkey, Z. Borrill, K. Roy, J. Vestbo (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Plasma markers of oxidative protein damage do not correlate with lung function or COPD in smokers S. Mesia-Vela, C. C. Yeh, C. A. Powell, Y. Wang, J. H. M. Austin, R. M. Santella, R. G. Barr (New York, United States Of America)
Genetic epidemiology of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiain a local community in the nothern part of Japan T. Shioya, M. Satake, M. Dateishi, M. Hashimoto, K. Sato, M. Sano, M. Sasaki, A. Koizumi (Akita, Kyoto, Japan)
Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of selenium supplementation in adult asthma S. O. Shaheen, A. P. L. Wong, M. K. Tumilty, J. M. Phillips, J. F. Potts, R. B. Newson, F. J. Kelly, P. T. White, M. P. Rayman, P. G. J. Burney (London, Guildford, United Kingdom)
The association of adult bronchial responsiveness with IgE sensitisation and exposure to cat and house dust mite allergen S. Chinn (London, United Kingdom)
The epidemiology of cat specific and house dust mite specific IgG4 in a community based sample of adults D. L. Jarvis, J. Heinrich, G. Verlato, C. Svanes, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom; Neuherberg, Germany; Verona, Italy; Bergen, Norway)
Effect of environment in childhood on asthma and sensitisation in a cohort of adults C. Raherison, A. Guenegou, M. Wjst, C. Svanes, D. Jarvis, P. Burney, F. Neukirch, B. Leynaert (Paris, France; Neuherberg, Germany; Bergen, Norway; London, United Kingdom)
Onset of asthma in relation to indoor moulds and building dampness: a nine year follow up study within ECRHS-II D. Norback, J. P. Zock, J. Heinrich, C. Svanes, J. Sunyer, N. Kunzli, S. Villani, M. Olivieri, A. Soon, E. Plana, D. Jarvis (Uppsala, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain; Neuherberg, Germany; Bergen, Norway; Pavia, Verona, Italy; Tartu, Estonia; London, UK)
Long-term predictors of lung function decrease in asthmatics: a 9 year follow-up study A. Marcon, M. Bugiani, A. Gulsvik, C. Janson, D. Jarvis, I. Pin, R. de Marco (Verona, Torino, Italy; Bergen, Norway; Uppsala, Sweden; London, United Kingdom; Grenoble, France)
Changes in asthma and obesity over a decade. How do they relate to each other? D. H. Wilson, G. Tucker, R. J. Adams, A. Sarah, R. E. Ruffin (Adelaide, Australia)
Asthma severity is not modified by central obesity S. L. Appleton, R. J. Adams, D. H. Wilson, A. W. Taylor, R. E. Ruffin (Adelaide, Australia)
Chronic bronchitis, COPD and lung function in Norwegian farmers: the role of biological agents W. Eduard, J. Douwes, N. Pearce (Oslo, Pakistan; Wellington, New Zealand)
How different measures of cold weather affect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospital admissions in London P. M. Marno, C. Bryden, W. Bird, H. A. Watkin (Exeter, United Kingdom)
Socioeconomic status and respiratory diseases: the case of a pan European survey F. Grillo, D. Moreau, S. Kalaboka, C. Pénard-Morand, J. P. Piau, I. Annesi-Maesano (Paris, France)