Asthma

Oral Presentation
Chairs: Z. Zivkovic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia), R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
The risk of hospitalization, near fatal and fatal asthma in relation to the perception of dyspnoea
R. Magadle, N. Berar-Yanay, P. Weiner (Hadera, Israel)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
High oral absolute bioavailability of roflumilast, a new, orally active, once daily PDE4 inhibitor
K. Zech, M. David, M. Seiberling, C. Weimar, T. Bethke, W. Wurst (Konstanz, Freiburg)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Menopausal symptoms decrease health-related quality of life of women with asthma
T. Kuzniar, K. Kasibowska-Kuzniar, J. Patkowski, R. Jankowska (Wroclaw, Poland)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Evidence of a distinct phenotype of adult onset asthma characterized by an airway neutrophilia and poor response to inhaled corticosteroids
R. H. Green, G. Woltmann, C. E. Brightling, A. J. Wardlaw, I. D. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Once-daily budesonide/formoterol via a single inhaler is effective in mild-to-moderate persistent asthma
R. Buhl, J. P. H. M. Creemers, V. Vondra, N. A. Martelli (Mainz, Eindhoven, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Improved and maintained asthma control with once-daily budesonide/formoterol single inhaler therapy in mild-to-moderate persistent asthma
R. Buhl, J. P. H. M. Creemers, V. Vondra, N. A. Martelli (Mainz, Germany; Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Prague, Czech Republic; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler improves asthma control more effectively than a higher dose of fluticasone
E. D. Bateman, T. A. Bantje, M. Joao Gomes, M. Toumbis, R. Huber, A. Eliraz (Cape Town, South Africa; Breda, The Netherlands; Lisbon, Portugal; Athens, Greece; Munich, Germany; Rehovot, Israel)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Prolonged activity where it matters - the reversible esterfication of budesonide improves its topical anti-inflammatory efficacy and selectivity in the airways
A. Miller-Larsson, S. Edsbäcker, R. Brattsand (Lund, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract