Annual Congress Vienna 2003

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

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)

High sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome T. Akahoshi, T. Akashiba, K. Nagaoka, S. Kawahara, K. Katsura, T. Horie (Tokyo, Japan)
Sleep apnoea syndrome (SAS) is associated with bronchial inflammation G. Devouassoux, E. Rossini, M. Fior-Gozlan, M. Henry, P. Levy, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Obstructive sleep apnoea is not associated with endothelial dysfunction in a sleep clinic population N. McArdle, L. Beilin, G. Watts (Perth, Australia)
Effect and significance of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on vascular endothelial function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome Z. Xilong, Y. Kaisheng (Nanjing, China)
Altered eicosanoid generation in a rat model of sleep apnoea G. Calero, A. Serrano-Mollar, R. Farre, D. Closa, D. Navajas, J. M. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain)
TNF-α (-308A) allele carriage is associated with OSAHS R. L. Riha, P. Brander, M. Vennelle, N. J. Douglas (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Is obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) associated with insulin resistance (IR) in severely obese adults? R. Farney, J. Walker, T. Cloward, T. Nuttall, M. LaMonte, R. Gress, S. Hunt, T. Adams (Salt Lake City, United States Of America)
Glucose-Insulin metabolism in sleep apneoa patients: Effect of long term CPAP treatment N. Meslier, F. Gagnadoux, P. Giraud, C. Person, J. L. Racineux (Angers, France)