EDITORIALS |
295 | Evidence-based respiratory medicine: why, where and how
Dick Ruffin |
297 | Introducing Kenneth Tsang
Phil Thompson |
Original Articles |
299 | CD4+ T cells in lung tissue predict responsiveness to cyclosporin A in interstitial pneumonia
YASUKO YOSHIOKA, AKIHIKO OHWADA, TAKASHI DAMBARA, YOSHINOSUKE FUKUCHI |
305 | Molecular mechanisms underlying human β-defensin-2 gene expression in a human airway cell line (LC2/ad)
Tetsuji TOMITA, Takahide NAGASE, Eijiro OHGA, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Masao YOSHIZUMI, Yasuyoshi OUCHI |
311 | Preliminary evaluation of soluble IL-2 receptor and type III procollagen N-terminal aminopeptide in pleural fluid for differentiating tuberculous, carcinomatous and parapneumonic pleural effusions
SHINGO HARITA, NAOYUKI NOGAMI, TAKESHI KIKUCHI, MASAYOSHI KIBATA |
317 | Addition of a 2-month low-dose course of levofloxacin to long-term erythromycin therapy in sinobronchial syndrome
MASAKI FUJIMURA, MASAYUKI MIZUGUCHI, YASUTO NAKATSUMI, KEIICHI MIZUHASHI, SHIGEKI SASAKI, MASAHIDE YASUI |
325 | Prevalence of respiratory symptoms related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma among middle aged and older adults
MICHAEL ABRAMSON, MELANIE MATHESON, CATHRYN WHARTON, MALCOLM SIM |
333 | The relationship between FEV1 and PEF in the assessment of the severity of airways obstruction
PETER LLEWELLIN, GILLIAN SAWYER, SIMON LEWIS, SOO CHENG, MARK WEATHERALL, PENNY FITZHARRIS, RICHARD BEASLEY |
339 | Bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with squamous cell lung cancer
RYUJI INOUE, YOSHIHIRO NISHIMURA, TETSUJI KADO, MITSUHIRO YOKOYAMA |
345 | Skin prick test reactivity to common aeroallergens in asthmatic patients with and without rhinitis
CHONG-KIN LIAM, KOK-LIM LOO, CATHERINE MEE-MING WONG, KIM-HATT LIM, TONG-CHOW LEE |
351 | What is the optimal approach for using a direct amplification test in the routine diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis? A preliminary assessment
TK LIM, DAVID ZHU, ANNIE GOUGH, KANG-HOE LEE, GAMINI KUMARASINGHE |
359 | Clinicopathological features of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
HIROSHI HAYAKAWA, MASAHIRO SHIRAI, ATSUHIKO SATO, YASUYUKI YOSHIZAWA, AKIHITO TODATE, SHIRO IMOKAWA, TAKAFUMI SUDA, KINGO CHIDA, RYOJI TAMURA, KYOUSUKE ISHIHARA, SHIGEKI SAIKI, MASAYUKI ANDO |
Case Reports |
365 | A case of refractory bilateral pleural effusion due to post-irradiation constrictive pericarditis
NATSUO YAMAMOTO,YOSHIAKI NODA, YOSHIHIRO MIYASHITA |
369 | Pulmonary glomus tumour: A case initially diagnosed as carcinoid tumour
ADNAN YILMAZ, BIROL BAYRAMGURLER, FERDA AKSOY, LEYLA YAGCI TUNCER, AHMET SELVI |
373 | Fatal idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia with acute lung injury
TOMOTAKA KAWAYAMA, REI FUJIKI, YOSUKE MORIMITSU, TORU RIKIMARU, HISAMICHI AIZAWA |
377 | Resolution of native lung pneumothorax by insertion of a nitinol stent for bronchostenosis in the transplanted lung
PRASHANT N CHHAJED, MONIQUE A MALOUF, MICHAEL TAMM, PETER M HOPKINS, MARSHALL PLIT, ALLAN R GLANVILLE |
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381 | Forthcoming meetings |
383 | Acknowledgements |
385 | Author Index |
387 | Subject Index |