Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Assessment of inflammation in COPD

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Chairs: B. Balbi (Pavia, Italy), H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany)

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Assessment of airway pathology in COPD patients by a visual endoscopic scoring system and its relation to BAL, sputum and lung function T. S. Lapperre, J. B. Stroband, M. S. van Maaren, J. Stolk, L. N. A. Willems, H. A. M. Kerstjens, N. H. T. ten Hacken, K. F. Rabe, D. S. Postma, P. J. Sterk, GLUCOLD Study Group (Leiden, ; Groningen, The Netherlands)
Inflammatory cell quantification in bronchial biopsies (BB) in COPD: evaluation to 100 microns depth vs all intact subepithelium
Is dithiothreitol (DTT) affecting cells, fluid-phase and immunocytochemical determinations in sputum (S) processing? P. Pignatti, M. Delmastro, L. Perfetti, A. Bossi, A. Di Stefano, A. Balestrino, G. Brunetti, P. Pisati, B. Balbi, G. Moscato (Pavia, Veruno, Italy)
The interaction between leptin and inflammatory markers in induced sputum in patients with moderate COPD R. Broekhuizen, J. H. J. Vernooy, A. M. W. J. Schols, M. A. Dentener, E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Decreased levels of myeloperoxidase in induced sputum of COPD patients after oral glucocorticoids treatment A. Barczyk, W. Pierzchala, M. Trzaska, E. Sozanska (Katowice, Poland)
Haemoxygenase-1 expression in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid alveolar macrophages is diminished in patients with COPD D. J. Slebos, H. F. Kauffman, S. R. Rutgers, B. Dijkhuizen, P. L. van Haelst, A. M. Choi, G. H. Koëter, D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands; Pittsburgh, United States Of America)
Quantitative measurement of RNS production in the airways in COPD M. Tomaki, M. Ichinose, H. Sugiura, A. Koarai, Y. Komaki, S. Okamoto, T. Akaike, H. Maeda, T. Hattori (Sendai, Kumamoto, Japan)
Uremic patients express elevated H₂O₂exhalation that is not enhanced by hemodialysis J. Rysz, M. Krol, M. Kasielski, M. Luciak, D. Nowak (Lodz, Poland)