FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
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EDITORIAL |
407 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
INVITED REVIEW: PRESIDENT's LECTURE |
408 | Lung cancer in Asian women: the environment and genes
Wah Kit LAM |
REVIEW ARTICLE |
418 | Rigid and semirigid pleuroscopy: The future is bright
Pyng LEE, Henri G COLT |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
426 | Mucociliary clearance in patients with chronic asthma: Effects of α2 agonists
Evangelia DAVISKAS, Sandra D ANDERSON, Janet SHAW, Stefan EBERL, J Paul SEALE, Ian A YANG, Iven H YOUNG |
436 | Risk factors for intensive care in children with acute asthma
Patricia J LYELL, Elmer VILLANUEVA, Debbie BURTON, Nicholas J FREEZER, Philip G BARDIN |
442 | Dissociation in the effect of nedocromil on mannitol-induced cough or bronchoconstriction in asthmatic subjects
Heikki O KOSKELA, Ruth MARTENS, John D BRANNAN, Sandra D ANDERSON, Joerg LEUPPI, Hak-Kim CHAN |
449 | A pilot study of aerosolized N-acetylcysteine for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Hiromi TOMIOKA, Youichirou KUWATA, Kazufumi IMANAKA, Kimio HASHIMOTO, Hisashi OHNISHI, Kimihide TADA, Hiroko SAKAMOTO, Hironobu IWASAKI |
456 | A prospective, multicentre clinical trial comparing cisplatin plus gemcitabine with cisplatin plus etoposide in patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Tuncay GOKSEL, Osman Nuri HATIPOGLU, Can OZTURK, Metin GORGUNER, Murat KIYIK, Ugur YILMAZ, Asuman GUZELANT, Sezai TASBAKAN, Erhan TABAKOGLU, Hikmet FIRAT, Umit TUTAR, Sadettin CIKRIKICIOGLU, Atila AKKOCLU, Serdar SOYER, Ebru CAKIR, Oya ITIL, Salahattin SANAL |
464 | Effect of smoking on FEV1 decline in a cross-sectional and longitudinal study of a large cohort of Japanese males
Hisamitsu OMORI, Yoshio NONAMI, Yasuo MORIMOTO |
470 | Effects of ambient particulate matter on peak expiratory flow rates and respiratory symptoms of asthmatics during Asian dust periods in Korea
Jeong Woong PARK, Young Hee LIM, Sun Young KYUNG, Chang Hyeok AN, Sang Pyo LEE, Seong Hwan JEONG, Young-Su JU |
477 | Contribution of aspirin-intolerant asthma to near fatal asthma based on a questionnaire survey in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Fumitoshi YOSHIMINE, Takashi HASEGAWA, Eiichi SUZUKI, Masaki TERADA, Toshiyuki KOYA, Ariyoshi KONDOH, Masaaki ARAKAWA, Hirohisa YOSHIZAWA, Fumitake GEJYO |
485 | The impact of dyspnoea and leg fatigue during exercise on health-related quality of life in patients with COPD
Hideki KATSURA, Kouichi YAMADA, Ritsuko WAKABAYASHI, Kozui KIDA |
491 | Efficacy and safety of intravenous theophylline administration for treatment of mild acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma
Kohei YAMAUCHI, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Yukio TANIFUJI, Takumi YOSHIDA, Huan Deng PIAN, Hiroshi INOUE |
497 | Fixed and adjustable dose asthma action plans based on combination therapy: A pilot study
Shaun HOLT, Simon RYDER-LEWIS, Matthew MASOLI, Mark WEATHERALL, Richard BEASLEY |
504 | Case-control study of medical history and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan
Yoshihiro MIYAKE, Satoshi SASAKI, Tetsuji YOKOYAMA, Kingo CHIDA, Arata AZUMA, Takafumi SUDA, Shoji KUDOH, Naomasa SAKAMOTO, Kazushi OKAMOTO, Gen KOBASHI, Masakazu WASHIO, Yutaka INABA, Heizo TANAKA, THE JAPAN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS STUDY GROUP |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
510 | Endobronchial metastases: a clinicopathological analysis
Adile Berna DURSUN, Funda DEMIRAG, Hulya BAYIZ, Durdu SERTKAYA |
515 | Percentage reduction of pleural effusion as a simple predictor of pleural scarring in tuberculous pleuritis
Chi-Fong WONG, Simon Kwok-Fai LEUNG, Wing-Wai YEW |
520 | Inhaled corticosteroid for persistent cough following upper respiratory tract infection
Prapaporn PORNSURIYASAK, Poonkasem CHAROENPAN, Kulanee VONGVIVAT, Ammarin THAKKINSTIAN |
TECHNICAL REPORT |
525 | The effect of Ramadan fasting on spirometry in healthy subjects
Qamar A SIDDIQUI, Salman SABIR, Mirza MF SUBHAN |
CASE REPORTS |
529 | Sarcoidosis occurring after interferon-α therapy for chronic hepatitis C: Report of two cases
Atsushi HIRANO, Mikio KATAOKA, Yasunari NAKATA, Katsuyuki TAKEDA, Takayuki KAMAO, Junichi HIRAMATSU, Goro KIMURA, Yasushi TANIMOTO, Arihiko KANEHIRO, Mitsune TANIMOTO |
535 | Sarcoidosis caused by interferon therapy
Gohkan CELIK, Elif SEN, A Fusun ULGER, Ozlem Ozdemir KUMBASAR, Hakan BOZKAYA, Doganay ALPER, Selim KARAYALCIN |
541 | A case of non-specific interstitial pneumonia effectively treated with a combination of prednisolone and colchicine, in which granulation tissue was extensive
Tamotsu ISHIZUKA, Takeshi HISADA, Tsuyoshi MONDEN, Katsuhiko TSUNEKAWA, Kenichi IIZUKA, Hideo TSUKAGOSHI, Kunio DOBASHI, Masatomo MORI |
545 | Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema induced by salazosulfapyridine
Takashi SAITO, Yoshihiro MORI, Mitsuo YOSHIDA, Tsuyoshi MAETA, Fumikazu KOUI, Mine HARADA |
548 | A rare case of dilatation of pulmonary veins and pulmonary emphysema in both lower lobes
Hiroshi ISHII, Hiroshi MUKAE, Tomoyuki KAKUGAWA, Sumako YOSHIOKA, Noriho SAKAMOTO, Yuichi INOUE, Shigeru KOHNO |
CORRIGENDA |
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