Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.


Material from 2003:
  • 3196 Abstracts
  • 374 Slide presentations
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Immunity and the respiratory tract in children

Poster Discussion
Chairs: M. Korppi (Kuopio, Finland), A. Boner (Verona, Italy)
Socioeconomic environment, humoral immune response and the incidence of acquired infections
Y. J. Juhn, H. Kita, G. L. Poland, L. Lee, S. V. Panktratz, R. M. Jacobson (Rochester, United States Of America)
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Assessment of humoral immune response and the incidence of acquired infections in asthmatic children
Y. J. Juhn, T. Chang, H. Kita, G. L. Poland, S. V. Pankratz, L. Lee, R. M. Jacobson (Rochester, United States Of America)
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Neutrophils and IL-8 in low airway in children with bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) and severe asthma (SA)
G. L. Muryghina, E. V. Boitsova, B. G. Lisotchkin, A. V. Bogdanova, T. P. Ses (St Petersburg, Russia)
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IL-8 and neutrophil activity in respiratory tract of children with bronhiolitis obliterans
E. Surkova, G. Muryghina, G. Aleshina, E. Boitsova, T. Ses, A. Bogdanova (St. Petersburg, Russia)
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Serum and sputum interleukin-8: comparison between normal and allergic asthmatics children
M. Cossettini, E. Falleti, B. Cuomo, L. Fasoli, M. Don, F. De Franco, C. Di Loreto, M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
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Interleukin-4, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and ECP in serum and sputum: comparison between normal and allergic asthmatics children
M. Cossettini, L. Fasoli, B. Cuomo, M. Don, F. De Franco, F. Valent, M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
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Interleukine-13 in induced sputum in clinical remission asthmatic children
B. Cuomo, E. Falleti, M. Cossettini, L. Fasoli, M. Don, D. Artico, M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
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Oxidant-stress in subclinical remission of asthmatic children
B. Cuomo, G. De Stasio, M. Cossettini, M. Don, L. Fasoli, F. Valent, F. De Franco, M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
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Evaluation of exhaled nitric oxide and sputum eosinophils as markers of inflammation in asthmatic children
F. De Franco, G. De Stasio, M. Cossettini, M. Don, L. Fasoli, P. Melli, M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)
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Neutrophil elastase complexed with α1-proteinase inhibitor and transforming growth factor–β1 in children with the respiratory tract infections
B. T. Polanska, A. Jankowski (Wroclaw, Poland)
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Serum procalcitonin concentrations in children with pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous infection and lober pneumonia
A. Palanduz, E. Erdem, L. Telhan, N. Kayaalp (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Increased blood eosinophil (Eos) percentages in children during the acute phase of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection (Mp inf)
A. C. Defilippi, F. M. Risso, D. Girosi, I. L. Macciò, B. Fregonese, M. Aicardi, G. A. Rossi (Genoa, Italy)
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A polymorphism -159C/T of CD14 gene regulates the serum soluble CD14 concentration but is not associated with asthma
N. L. S. Tang, T. F. Leung, G. W. K. Wong, C. W. K. Lam (Hong Kong)
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Chronic cough in children - understanding the spectrum of disease
J. M. Marchant, I. B. Masters, A. B. Chang (Brisbane, Australia)
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Endotoxin in children with acute respiratory infections
I. G. Chkhaidze, K. P. Nemsadze, N. S. Manjavidze, V. G. Likhoded (Tbilisi, Georgia; Moscow, Russia)
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Eosinophilic cationic protein in infants with RSV bronchiolitis
A. L. Papadopoulou, D. Mermiri, M. Liatsis, M. Kanariou, C. Priftis (Athens, Greece)
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