EDITORIALS |
91 | The global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease: Gold standards and the Asia-Pacific perspective |
Review Article |
3 | Pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Recent advances in pathophysiology and management
WATARU HIDA, YE TUN, YOSHIHIRO KIKUCHI, SHINICHI OKABE, KUNIO SHIRATO |
Original Articles |
15 | Increased circulating levels of soluble Fas ligand are correlated with disease activity in patients with fibrosing lung diseases
KAZUYOSHI KUWANO, TAKASHIGE MAEYAMA, ICHIRO INOSHIMA, KIYOSHI NINOMIYA, NAOKI HAGIMOTO, MICHIHIRO YOSHIMI, MASAKI FUJITA, NORIO
NAKAMURA, KAMON SHIRAKAWA, NOBUYUKI HARA |
23 | Interleukin-1β and tumour necrosis factor-α increase microvascular leakage in the guinea pig trachea
ANN M REYNOLDS, MARK D HOLMES, RAFFAELE SCICCHITANO |
29 | Adenovirus vector-mediated transfer of 9 kDa granulysin induces DNA fragmentation in HuD antigen-expressing small cell lung cancer murine model cells
MITSUAKI SEKIYA, AKIHIKO OHWADA, MASAHARU KATAE, TAKASHI DAMBARA, ISAO NAGAOKA, YOSHINOSUKE FUKUCHI |
37 | Budesonide reduces sensitivity and reactivity to inhaled mannitol in asthmatic aubjects
JOHN D BRANNAN, HEIKKI KOSKELA, SANDRA D ANDERSON, H KIM CHAN |
45 | Pulmonary diffusion capacity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
MASAAKI NAKANO, HISASHI HASEGAWA, TOSHINORI TAKADA, SATOSHI ITO, YOSHIYUKI MURAMATSU, MAKOTO SATOH, EIICHI SUZUKI, FUMITAKE GEJYO |
51 | Decline in FEV1 in patients with PiZ alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: The Australian experience
JONATHAN GW BURDON, SUE BRENTON, VANESSA HOCKING, KENNETH R KNIGHT, MONNA AYAD, LUISA COOK, EDWARD D JANS |
57 | Extrathoracic staging of non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma: Relationship of the clinical evaluation to organ scans
SEVINC BILGIN, ADNAN YILMAZ, FILIZ OZDEMIR, ESEN AKKAYA, ZUHAL KARAKURT, ARMAN POLUMAN |
63 | Clinical, laboratory findings and microbiologic characterization of bronchiectasis in Thai patients
APIRAK PALWATWICHAI, CHUTIMA CHAOPRASONG, ANAN VATTANATHUM, ADISORN WONGSA, ANON JATAKANON |
67 | Sample survey of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Henan, China, 1996
GUOBIN WANG, YI LI PENG, GUOLONG ZHANG, LI ZHANG, JIN XING, DENGXU LI, LIN WANG, HUAIZHOU SONG, DEHUANG DING, HONG JIN DUANMU, ZHESHU ZHANG, GENGRONG ZHANG |
Case Reports |
73 | Two patients with microscopic polyangiitis and unusual pulmonary manifestation
JAE JOONG BAIK, YONG DUK JEON, YEONTAE CHUNG |
77 | Regression of bilateral bronchiectasis with inhaled steroid therapy
KENNETH W TSANG, WAH K LAM, JUNE SUN, GAIK C OOI |
83 | A case of extrapleural empyema
SHIN-ICHI OSAKI, YOICHI NAKANISHI, KOUEI ANDOU, KOICHI TAKANO, KOICHI TAKAYAMA, NOBUO HIROTA, TSUNEO ISHIBASHI, NOBUYUKI HARA |
87 | Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient treated with corticosteroid therapy
MICHIAKI NARUSHIMA, HAJIME SUZUKI, TOMIHIKO KASAI, YUTAKA TSUZURA, SHOGO TOMITA, SHIGERU ENDOH, MINEHIKO YAMADA, HIDEHIKO OHTSUKA |