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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Advances in pathobiology of parenchymal and airway disorders

Poster Discussion
Chairs: M. Drent (Maastricht, The Netherlands), A. Linden (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The production of IL-18, IL-12 and TNF-alpha by alveolar macrophages in sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis
B. M. Chen, Z. H. Tong, J. Guzman, U. Costabel (Essen, Bochum, Germany)
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Increased cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and alveolar macrophages (AM) in active sarcoidosis
A. D. Tahanovich, I. L. Katovich, H. L. Baradzina, H. N. Semenkova (Minsk, Belarus)
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Expression of Fas antigen on bronchoalveolar lavage cells in sarcoidosis- differences between smokers and nonsmokers
J. J. Domagala-Kulawik, M. Dabrowska, J. Lesinski, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: clinical study, analysis of BAL, tryptase assay
E. Bargagli, C. Bigliazzi, G. M. Perari, A. Leonini, C. Vagaggini, P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy)
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Induced sputum and respiratory function in pulmonary fybrosis
G. Bruni, F. Romano, M. Scarlato, A. Mancuso, M. Gervasi, A. Spanavello (Cosenza, Cassano delle Murge, Italy)
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Lymphocytic alveolitis; a surprisingly serious index of poor prognosis in patients with primary sjogren's syndrome
Y. A. Dalavanga, P. V. Voulgari, C. P. Leontaridi, A. Georgiadis, S. Katsenos, M. P. Vassiliou, A. A. Drosos, S. H. Constantopoulos (Ioannina, Greece)
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Polymorphisms for myeloperoxidase and glutathione S-transferase and gender related COPD risk
M. A. Dentener, A. Rutgers, P. Heeringa, F. J. van Schooten, L. Maas, J. W. Cohan Tervaert, E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
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Cytokine-mediated reactive oxygen species hyperproduction in the airway inflammation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Y. Komaki, M. Ichinose, H. Sugiura, A. Koarai, M. Tomaki, H. Ogawa, K. Sirato, T. Hattori (Sendai, Japan)
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Increased levels of epidermal growth factor in sputum of smoking chronic bronchitis patients
A. Barczyk, E. Sozanska, W. Pierzchala (Katowice, Poland)
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Increased gelatinase and collagenase activity in induced sputum from COPD patients
J. H. Vernooy, J. H. Lindeman, J. Jacobs, R. Hanemaaijer, E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, Leiden, The Netherlands)
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The relationship between bronchial inflammation and markers of disease progression in COPD
A. J. White, D. Bayley, S. L. Hill, R. A. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Palatine tonsils from smokers display decreased immunoreactivity for interleukin-16 protein
A. Andersson, C. Malmhäll, L. O. Cardell, A. Lindén (Gothenburg, Lund, Sweden)
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Association of IL-17 transcription and neutrophil activation in human airways following organic dust exposure
S. N. Ivanov, O. Prause, P. Venge, L. Palmberg, K. A. Larsson, A. Linden (Gothenburg, Uppsala, Solna, Sweden)
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Urinary cysteinyl leukotriene levels in acute asthma
N. J. Innes, J. A. Stocking, B. D. W. Harrison (Norwich, United Kingdom)
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Relationship between sputum inflammatory parameters, symptom scores and reduced quality of life in asthmatic patients
J. F. Crighton, L. Osman, M. G. Blaylock, J. G. Douglas, D. W. Sexton, G. M. Walsh (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Effect of caffeine on exhaled nitric oxide measurements in asthma
E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, G. P. Herbison, J. O. Cowan, D. R. Taylor (Dunedin, New Zealand)
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Correlation between cellularity of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and parameters of lung function (LF) in patients with sarcoidosis
T. Pejcic, I. Stankovic, M. Rancic, L. Ristic, I. Djordjevic (Nis, Yugoslavia)
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Mutation and functional analysis of the IL-18 promoter in sarcoidosis: a potential role for single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytokine expression regulation
D. M. Kelly, P. M. Gallagher, G. Meachery, C. M. Greene, C. Taggert, S. O'Neill, N. G. McElvaney (Dublin, Ireland)
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The functional polymorphisms in the IL-18 gene promoter is associated with the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis
Y. Zhou, E. Yamaguchi, M. Nishimura (Sapporo, Nagakute-cho, Japan)
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