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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Inflammatory markers of childhood asthma

Poster Discussion
Chairs: W. van Aalderen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), D. Payne (London, United Kingdom)
Cysteinyl leukotrienes in exhaled breath condensate in children: noninvasive marker of remodeling?
C. Lex, A. Zacharasiewicz, D. N. Payne, R. Gajdocsi, S. Kharitonov, A. Nicholson, N. M. Wilson, A. Bush (London, United Kingdom; Duesseldorf, Germany)
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What markers can predict success or failure of steroid reduction in asthmatic children?
A. Zacharasiewicz, N. Wilson, C. Lex, A. Li, E. Erin, T. Hansel, A. Bush (London, United Kingdom; Whilhelminenspital, Austria)
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Endogenous airway acidification in children with chronic asthma: clinical implications
R. Tesse, L. Brunetti, R. Francavilla, L. Armenio (Bari, Italy)
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Leukotrienes in exhaled breath condensate in childhood asthma
C. Mondino, P. Koch, R. Pistelli, A. Trové, G. Ciabattoni, P. Montuschi (Rome, Chieti, Italy)
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Inflammatory cells and cytokines in bronchial biopsies of asthmatic children
A. Barbato, G. Turato, F. Calabrese, E. Bazzan, S. Baraldo, M. Tura, C. Panizzolo, R. Zuin, B. Beghé, P. Maestrelli, L. M. Fabbri, M. Saetta (Padova, Italy)
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Inverse relationship between eosinophils and neutrophils in bronchial biopsy from children with difficult asthma following systemic steroids
D. N. Payne, Y. Qiu, J. Zhu, L. Peachey, A. Bush, P. K. Jeffery (London, United Kingdom)
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Study of nitric oxide metabolites in induced sputum of asthmatic children
F. M. Badreldin, M. M. Eissa, M. N. Dessoukey, A. M. Gabr (Alexandria, Egypt)
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Interleukin-2 in blood serum (BS), expired air condensate (EAC) and nazal lavage fluid (NLF) in children with bronchial asthma (BA)
T. N. Sourovenko, Y. S. Sheludko, E. V. Markelova (Vladivostok, Russia)
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Exhaled nitric oxide values in asthmatic and atopic children rise with age
P. K. Yiallouros, N. C. Nicolaou, T. C. Christofides, V. Georgiadou, S. D. Pipis (Nicosia, Cyprus)
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Serum IgE levels closely reflect blood eosinophilia and fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels but not pulmonary functions in children with mild allergic asthma
O. Sacco, R. Sale, M. Silvestri, G. Pulvirenti, S. C. Bellodi, E. Battistini, M. G. Biraghi, G. A. Rossi (Genoa, Milan, Italy)
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Serum level of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) in bronchial asthma in children
H. A. Hammad, M. M. Eissa, N. A. Fasseeh, M. M. Bordiny, N. A. Nikhely (Alexandria, Egypt)
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BAL and exhaled breath condensate in children: Is there any relationship between these fluids?
C. Lex, A. Zacharasiewicz, F. Ferreira, C. Brindicci, S. Kharitonov, N. M. Wilson, A. Bush (London, United Kingdom; Duesseldorf, Germany)
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Induced sputum to assess bronchial inflammation in children with intermittent athopic asthma
I. P. Sosa, M. V. Nanulescu (Cluj Napoca, Romania)
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Safety of sputum induction in asthmatic children
Z. Kycler, A. Breborowicz, J. Alkiewicz (Poznan, Poland)
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Neutrophil activation in asthma
S. V. Kamath, V. Brown, T. J. Warke, R. Taylor, M. D. Shields, M. Ennis (Belfast, United Kingdom)
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Profile of prostanoids in exhaled breath condensate in childhood asthma
P. Montuschi, C. Mondino, R. Pistelli, A. Trové, G. Ciabattoni, P. Koch (Rome, Chieti, Italy)
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Expression Of CD80 and CD86 on T lymphocytes and monocytes of asthmatic children
S. A. Elfatah, E. M. Fouda, A. Z. Abd El-Haleem (Cairo, Egypt)
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Serum leptin and neuropeptide Y levels in asthmatic and cystic fibrosis children
Z. Doniec, A. Pogorzelski, W. Tomalak (Rabka, Poland)
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Study of external breathing function intercommunication with content of urinary acid in the blood of patients ill with bronchial asthma
D. E. Omonova, A. K. Kurbanov (Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
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S-Nitrosothiols formation/consumption is not related to lipid peroxidation activity and level of reduced glutathione in severe atopic asthma in children
I. A. Petrovskaia, F. I. Petrovski, I. V. Petrova, E. G. Karmalita, I. A. Deyev, L. M. Ogorodova (Tomsk, Russia)
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