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| Preliminary Scientific Programme |
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| Friday,
1 July |
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| Lunch 12.00 – 13.30 |
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| Coffe break 10.00 – 10.30 |
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Sherlock Holmes
in Allergy |
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Room: Auditorium
09.30 – 10.00 |
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Sherlock Holmes in Allergy 5
Case presentations
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Moderators:
GERD RASP, Munich, Germany
JOHANNES HISSMARP, Munich, Germany |
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Another cause of headache: allergy?
MATTHIAS KRAMER, Munich, Germany |
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Whealing by healing
JUDITH LADURNER, Munich, Germany |
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Vasculitic drug eruption without drug
SUSANNE HANG, Munich, Germany |
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The mystery of the “Germknödel” (a special
sweet dumpling as Bavarian delicacy)
FLORIAN PFAB, Munich, Germany |
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You have to challenge!
STEFANIE WETZEL, Munich, Germany |
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Plenary Session |
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Room: Auditorium
10.30 – 12.00 |
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Plenary Session 5
Allergy May Be a Killer |
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Moderators:
ALBERT OEHLING, Sora, Spain
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, United States |
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Pathophysiology of anaphylaxis
STEPHEN GALLI, Stanford, United States |
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Epidemiology and risk factors for anaphylaxis
DANIEL VERVLOET, Marseille, France |
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Management and treatment of anaphylaxis
F ESTELLE R SIMONS, Winnipeg, Canada |
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Near fatal asthma
KLAUS RABE, Leiden, Belgium |
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Symposia |
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Room: 13
08.30 – 10.00 |
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Symposium 26
The Burden of Asthma
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Moderators:
WILLIAM BERGER, Mission Viejo, United States
WALTER CANONICA, Genova, Italy |
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Socioeconomic aspects of asthma
SHAUN HOLT, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Quality of life in asthma
MICHAEL BLAISS, Memphis, United States |
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Asthma mortality worldwide
HUGO NEFFEN, Santa Fe, Argentina |
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Unmet needs in asthma
SALLY WENZEL, Denver, United States |
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Room: 14 A
13.30 – 15.00 |
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Symposium 27
Perspectives of Immunotherapy |
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Moderators:
MOTOHIRO KUROSAWA, Japan
ANTHONY BARRY KAY, London, United Kingdom |
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Adjuvants in immunotherapy
PETER CRETICOS, Baltimore, United States |
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Peptides in immunotherapy
MARK LARCHÉ, London, United Kingdom |
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Latex immunotherapy
FLORIANO BONIFAZI, Ancona, Italy |
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DNA vaccination strategies
WOLF-MEINHARD BECKER, Borstel, Germany |
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Room: 13
13.30 – 15.00 |
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Symposium 28
Anaphylaxis |
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Moderators:
F ESTELLE R SIMONS, Winnipeg, Canada
ULRICH MÜLLER, Bern, Switzerland |
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New concepts in anaphylaxis
RICHARD F. LOCKEY, Tampa, United States |
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Management of anaphylaxis in nut allergy
PAMELA EWAN, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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Basic aspects of anaphylaxis
TODOR POPOV, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Radiographic contrast media reactions
PHIL LIEBERMANN, Germanstown, United States |
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Room: 5
13.30 – 15.00 |
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Symposium 29
New Diagnostic Techniques |
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Moderators:
RUDOLF VALENTA, Vienna, Austria
JÖRG KLEIN-TEBBE, Berlin, Germany |
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Antibody detection techniques
ROBERT AALBERSE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Chip array techniques
HANS MERK / Co-author: JENS MALTE BARON, Aachen, Germany |
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In vitro basophil techniques
IGNACIO JAVIER ANSOTEGUI, Amorebieta, Spain |
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NO measurements in exhaled air for asthma
control
M. GRACA CASTEL-BRANCO, Saõ Mamede do Coronado, Portugal |
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Workshops |
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Room: 14 A
08.30 – 10.00 |
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Workshop 26
What Molecules are Involved in the Formation
of IgE Antibodies? |
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Moderators:
HANNAH GOULD, London, United Kingdom
ROBYN O'HEHIR, Melbourne, Australia |
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Il-4 or IL-13-inducible genes in bronchial
epithelial cells
KENJI IZUHARA, Saga, Japan |
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Signal transduction in IgE synthesis
GERNOT ACHATZ, Salzburg, Austria |
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Regulation of STAT6 by members of the SOCS
family
ALBERT DUSCHL, Salzburg, Austria |
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Basic mechanisms of anti-IgE treatment
BEDA STADLER, Bern, Switzerland |
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Room: 5
08.30 – 10.00 |
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Workshop 27
Controversies in Paediatric Allergy II:
Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Wheezy Infants –
Yes or No? |
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Moderators:
BODO NIGGEMAN, Berlin, Germany
ALFONSO CEPEDA, Barranquilla, Colombia |
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Preschool children asthma
NELSON ROSARIO, Curitiba, Brazil |
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Alternative treatments in allergy
TORSTEN SCHÄFER, Lübeck, Germany |
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Risk factors for allergy in childhood
MARIO MORAIS ALMEIDA, Lisbon, Portugal |
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At what age to start with inhaled glucocorticosteroids?
FERNANDO DE BENEDICTIS, Ancona, Italy |
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Room: 3
08.30 – 10.00 |
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Workshop 28
Current Problems in Insect Venom Allergy |
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Moderators:
MAREK JUTEL, Wroclaw, Poland
GUNTHER FORCK, Munster, Germany |
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Venom immunotherapy: when and how to start
JÖELLE BIRNBAUM, Marseille, France |
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Mastocytosis: an indication for life-long
venom immunotherapy
BERHARD PRZYBILLA, Munich, Germany |
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Are ß-blockers a true contraindication
for immunotherapy?
ULRICH MÜLLER, Bern, Switzerland |
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How common and dangerous is bumble-bee
allergy?
HANS DE GROOT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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Room: 4
08.30 – 10.00 |
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Workshop 29
Cross Reactive Foods:
Minor Inconvenience or Serious Problem |
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Moderators:
CHRISTINA PASCUAL, Madrid, Spain
PETER BAUER, Munich, Germany |
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Molecular nature of food allergen epitopes
as basis of
cross-reactivity
KIRSTEN BEYER, Berlin, Germany |
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Latex-fruit syndrome
BARBARA BALLMER-WEBER, Zürich, Switzerland |
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Evaluation by history of cross-reactive
food allergens
MARIA ISABEL CARRAPATOSO, Coimbra, Spain |
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Apple as a model of cross-reacting food
allergens
KARIN HOFFMANN-SOMMERGRUBER, Vienna, Austria |
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Composite allergens in plants and foods
JASNA LIPOZENCIC, Zagreb, Croatia |
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Room 4
13.30 – 15.00 |
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Workshop 30
Outdoor Air Pollution and Allergy:
Myth or Fact and What to Do? |
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Moderators:
ANTHONY FREW, United Kingdom
JORGE QUEL, Marina del Rey, United States |
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Diesel exhaust particles and allergy
DAVID DIAZ-SANCHEZ, Los Angeles, United States |
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High frequency radio and mobile phone radiation
and human disease
KATJA RADON (DENIS NOWAK), Munich, Germany |
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Particles, ozone and bronchial response
HANS-ERICH WICHMANN, Neuherberg, Germany |
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Xenobiotic metabolism of PAHs: role in
adjuvant activity for allergic disease
JEROME BUTERS, Munich, Germany |
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Room: 14 C
13.30 – 15.00 |
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Workshop 31
Atopic Eczema:
What are the Individual Provocation Factors? |
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Moderators:
THOMAS PLATTS-MILLS, Charlottesville, United States
THOMAS WERFEL, Hannover, Germany |
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Staphylococcal infection /colonization:
does it play a role in eczema?
MARK BOGUNIEWICZ, Denver, United States |
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Does Malassezia contribute to atopic eczema
ANNIKA SCHEYNIUS, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Fungal SOD in atopic eczema
PETER SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Zürich, Switzerland |
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Atopy patch test: the most specific diagnostic
tool in eczema
ULF DARSOW, Munich, Germany |
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APT with native foods in children and
adults
KRISTIINA TURJANMAA, Tampere, Finland |
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Free Communications |
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Room: 2
08.30 – 10.00 |
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Free Communication 27
Drug Allergy II |
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Moderators:
MIGUEL BLANCA, Malaga, Spain
DANIEL VERVLOET, Marseille, France |
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Summing Up and
Closing Ceremony |
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Room: 13
15.00 - 16.00 |
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| What was Really New?
- Highlights from the WAC 2005 |
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Moderators:
CARLOS E. BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
JOHANNES RING, Munich, Germany |
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What was really new in basic science (selective
summing-up)
CEZMI AKDIS, Davos Switzerland
(Supported by THILO JAKOB, Munich, Germany
and MARTIN MEMPEL, Munich, Germany) |
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What was really new in clinical care (selective
summing-up)
STEPHEN DURHAM, London, United Kingdom
(Supported by ULF DARSOW, Munich, Germany
and KNUT BROCKOW, Munich, Germany |
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| Farewell addresses from |
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CARLOS E. BAENA-CAGNANI, Cordoba, Argentina
ULRICH WAHN, Berlin, Germany
ANTHONY FREW, Southampton, United Kingdom
MICHAEL KALINER, Chevy Chase, United States |
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| Outlook to the Future |
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EAACI 2006, Vienna
RUDOLF VALENTA, Vienna, Austria |
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WAC Bangkok, Thailand, 2007
PAKIT VICHYANOND, Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Congress Statistics and Thanks |
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| Johannes Ring, Munich, Germany |
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