FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
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EDITORIAL |
353 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: LUNG CANCER |
355 | Epigenetics of lung cancer
Rayleen V BOWMAN, Ian A YANG, Annalese BT SEMMLER, Kwun M FONG |
366 | Early detection and chemoprevention of lung cancer
Tawimas SHAIPANICH, Annette MCWILLIAMS, Stephen LAM |
REVIEW ARTICLES |
373 | Complementary and alternative medicine use in asthma: Who is using what?
Cassandra A SLADER, Helen K REDDEL, Christine R JENKINS, Carol L ARMOUR, Sinthia Z BOSNIC-ANTICEVICH |
388 | Tracheobronchomalacia and excessive dynamic airway collapse
Septimiu D MURGU, Henri G COLT |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
407 | Increased serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor in Mycobacterium avium complex infection
Yutaka NISHIGAKI, Satoru FUJIUCHI, Yuka FUJITA, Yasuhiro YAMAZAKI, Maki SATO, Yasushi YAMAMOTO, Akinori TAKEDA, Toshiaki FUJIKANE, Tetsuo SHIMIZU, Kenjiro KIKUCHI |
414 | Effects of oral alpha-tocopherol on lung response in rat model of allergic asthma
Jana SUCHANKOVA, Marie VOPRSALOVA, Martina KOTTOVA, Vladimir SEMECKY, Peter VISNOVSKY |
422 | Effects of melatonin on the oxidant/antioxidant status and lung histopathology in rabbits exposed to cigarette smoke
Mehmet UNLU, Fatma FIDAN, Murat SEZER, Levent TETIK, Onder SAHIN, Hidir ESME, Tulay KOKEN, Mustafa SERTESER |
429 | Drug-resistant genes and serotypes of pneumococcal strains of community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Japan
Kazunori OISHI, Hiroyuki YOSHIMINE, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kiwao WATANABE, Susumu TANIMURA, Kenji KAWAKAMI, Akitaka IWAGAKI, Hideaki NAGAI, Hajime GOTO, Shoji KUDOH, Takayuki KURIYAMA, Yoshinosuke FUKUCHI, Toshiharu MATSUSHIMA, Kaoru SHIMADA, Keizo MATSUMOTO, Tsuyoshi NAGATAKE |
437 | Effect of corticosteroids on adult varicella pneumonia: Cohort study and literature review
Naeem ADHAMI, Yaseen ARABI, Ahmed RAEES, Abdullah AL-SHIMEMERI, Masood UR-RAHMAN, Ziad A MEMISH |
442 | Population-based prospective molecular and conventional epidemiological study of tuberculosis in Hong Kong
Moira CHAN-YEUNG, Kai-man KAM, Chi-chiu LEUNG, Julie WANG, Wing-wai YEW, Chak-wah LAM, Cheuk-ming TAM |
449 | Comparative analysis of the effects of hubble-bubble (Sheesha) and cigarette smoking on respiratory and metabolic parameters in hubble-bubble and cigarette smokers
Sana S AL MUTAIRI, Aida A SHIHAB-ELDEEN, Olusegun A MOJIMINIYI, Alia Aisha ANWAR |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
456 | Analysis of 87 patients with Lofgren's syndrome and the pattern of seasonality of subacute sarcoidosis
Sevtap SIPAHI DEMIRKOK, Metin BASARANOGLU, Emine DERVIS, Mert BAL, Tuncer KARAYEL |
462 | Clinical implication of atypical cells from sputum in patients without lung cancer
Dong Seok KO, Kyung Chul MOON, Doo Hyun CHUNG, Yong Il HWANG, Chul-Gyu YOO, Young Whan KIM, Sung Koo HAN, YoungSoo SHIM, Jae-Joon YIM |
467 | Lower occurrence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Maori and Pacific Islanders
Lisa M YOUNG, Raewyn HOPKINS, Margaret L WILSHER |
TECHNICAL REPORTS |
471 | Flow-dependent resistance of nasal masks used for non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
Wolfram WINDISCH, Alexander BUCHHOLT, Claudius A STAHL, Stephan SORICHTER, Josef GUTTMANN |
477 | Normative reference values for lung transfer factor in Isfahan, Iran
Babak AMRA, Mehrnaz ASADI, Hassan SALEHI, Ahmad R ZAMANI, Mohammad GOLSHAN |
482 | Additional computed tomography scans in the prone position to distinguish early interstitial lung disease from dependent density on helical computed tomography screening patient characteristics
Kosuke KASHIWABARA, Syu-ichi KOHSHI |
488 | Influence of storage time and temperature on pleural fluid adenosine deaminase determination
Leila ANTONANGELO, Francisco S VARGAS, Luciana P ALMEIDA, Milena MP ACENCIO, Fabricio DM GOMES, Roberta K SALES, Marcia SEICENTO, Lisete R TEIXEIRA |
CASE REPORTS |
493 | Successful removal of a slowly growing mediastinal cavernous haemangioma after vascular embolization
Sung Yong LEE, Ju Han LEE, Gyu Young HUR, Je Hyeong KIM, Kwang Ho IN, Kyung Ho KANG, Se Hwa YOO, Jae Jeong SHIM |
496 | Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung in adults: Clinical and CT evaluation of seven patients
Bum Jin OH, Jin Sung LEE, Jung-Sun KIM, Chae-Man LIM, Younsuck KOH |
502 | Subarachnoid-pleural fistula as a complication of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Christoph M HEYER, Anja THEILE, Heike WEISSER, Joseph REICHERT, Christoph HORCH, Klaus-M MUELLER, Torsten T BAUER |
506 | Pulmonary sarcoidosis and antiphospholipid syndrome
Fumiyuki TAKAHASHI, Michie TOBA, Kazuhisa TAKAHASHI, Shigeru TOMINAGA, Koichi SATO, Yoshiteru MORIO, Yuta NAKAO, Ken TAJIMA, Kayo MIURA, Toshimasa UEKUSA, Yoshinosuke FUKUCHI |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
509 | Serum levels of KL-6 are positively correlated with those of CA15-3 in patients with interstitial pneumonia associated with collagen diseases
Makoto OKADA, Kimihiro SUZUKI, Takashi NAKANISHI, Masahiro NAKASHIMA |
511 | Standardization of lung function testing: Current practices in laboratories in Australia and New Zealand
Graham L HALL, Kevin R GAIN |
CORRIGENDUM |
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