Difficult asthma in children: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Oral Presentation
Chairs: J. Wildhaber (Fribourg, Switzerland), M. Pynenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Comparison of inflammatory markers and chest CT scan findings in difficult-to-control asthma in children
P. Kenia, M. McFeeters, E. Gaillard, H. Pandya (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Fatal and near-fatal asthma in children: a two-year nationwide survey in Germany
M. Wisbauer, W. Luise, A. Schuster (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Non-invasive markers of inflammation as a measurement of corticosteroid responsiveness in children with severe asthma (sa)
C. Bossley, S. Saglani, L. Fleming, N. Wilson, L. Tsartsali, A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Ciclosporin as a steroid sparing agent in children with difficult to treat asthma
L. Chapell, C. Tranter, T. Hilliard (Bristol, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Association of adrenal response in asthmatic children on inhaled steroids with polymorphisms in the genes of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1)
L. Tsartsali, M. Papadopoulos, E. Lagona, A. Papadimitriou, C. Kanaka-Gantenbein, M. Kambouris, G. Chrousos, K. Priftis (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Relationship between induced sputum eosinophilia and endothelial dysfunction in children with bronchial asthma
Y. Antipkin, V. Lapshyn, T. Umanets, A. Nakonechna (Kyiv, Ukraine; Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Omalizumab therapy reduces asthma exacerbations in children with severe allergic (IgE-mediated) asthma irrespective of lung function at baseline
J. Bousquet, M. Kulus, H. Fox, M. Blogg, A. Fowler-Taylor, C. Fernandez-Vidaurre (Montpellier, France; Warsaw, Poland; West Sussex, United Kingdom; East Hanover, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Value of home spirometry to diagnose asthma in children with chronic respiratory symptoms of unknown origin
A. Brouwer, C. Visser, E. Duiverman, P. Brand (Groningen, Zwolle, Netherlands)
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