EDITORIAL |
313 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
315 | |
GUEST EDITORIAL |
317 | It's time for an aetiology-based definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Marc Miravitlles, Josep Morera |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: LUNG CANCER |
320 | Non-small cell lung cancer: Adjuvant and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
Julie R BRAHMER, David S ETTINGER |
326 | Lung cancer: New surgical approaches
J Timothy SHERWOOD, Malcolm V BROCK |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
333 | Evaluation of a new inflammatory molecule (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1) in the diagnosis of pleural effusion
Ming-Cheng CHAN, Kai-Ming CHANG, Wen-Cheng CHAO, Liang-Yi LIN, Benjamin Ing-Tiau KUO, Jeng-Yuan HSU, Chieh-Liang WU |
339 | Elevated α-defensin levels in plasma of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis
Jun-ichi ASHITANI, Nobuhiro MATSUMOTO, Masamitsu NAKAZATO |
346 | Mycobacterial heat shock protein-induced blood T lymphocytes subsets and cytokine pattern: Comparison of sarcoidosis with tuberculosis and healthy controls
Anna DUBANIEWICZ, Piotr TRZONKOWSKI, Mirostawa DUBANIEWICZ-WYBIERALSKA, Andrzej DUBANIEWICZ, Mahavir SINGH, ASdrzej MYSLIWSKI |
355 | Sarcoidosis in Singapore: Epidemiology, clinical presentation and ethnic differences
Devanand ANANTHAM, Sin Jen ONG, Khoon Leong CHUAH, Stephanie FOOK-CHONG, Ann Hsu, Philip ENG |
361 | Arm span as an independent predictor of pulmonary function parameters: validation and reference values
Mohammad GOLSHAN, Robert O CRAPO, Babak AMRA, Robert L JENSEN, Roozbeh GOLSHAN |
367 | Pulmonary function testing in New Zealand: The use and importance of reference ranges
Suzanne MARSH, Sarah ALDINGTON, Mathew V WILLIAMS, Mark WEATHERALL, David ROBIONY-ROGERS, David JONES, Richard BEASLEY |
375 | Snoring and breathing pauses during sleep in the Malaysian population
Mohd Ariff KAMIL, Cheong Lieng TENG, Syed Almashoor HASSAN |
381 | Effects of high-intensity exercise training in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Meng-Jer HSIEH, Chou-Chin LAN, Ning-Hung CHEN, Chung-Chi HUANG, Yao-Kuang WU, Hsio-Ying CHO, Ying-Huang TSAI |
389 | Effect of a simple educational intervention on the hospital management of community-acquired pneumonia
David J SERISIER, Simon D BOWLER |
394 | Pulmonary nocardiosis: Risk factors and outcomes
Raquel MARTINEZ TOMAS, Rosario MENENDEZ VILLANUEVA, Soledad REYES CALZADA, Maruja SANTOS DURANTEZ, Jose Manuel VALLES TARAZONA, Manuel MODESTO ALAPONT, Miguel GOBERNADO SERRANO |
401 | Clinical characteristics of tuberculosis in patients with liver cirrhosis
Young-Jae CHO, Sang Min LEE, Chul-Gyu YOO, Young Whan KIM, Sung Koo HAN, YoungSoo SHIM, Jae-Joon YIM |
406 | Prognostic factors in pulmonary tuberculosis requiring mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure
Yon Ju RYU, Won-Jung KOH, Eun Hae KANG, Gee Young SUH, Man Pyo CHUNG, Hojoong KIM, O Jung KWON |
412 | Routine culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from bronchoscopy in Taiwan
Chih-Jen YANG, Tun-Chieh CHEN, Jen-Yu HUNG, Po-Liang LU, Chau-Chyun SHEU, Jong-Rung TSAI, Inn-Wen CHONG, Jhi-Jhu HWANG, Ming-Shyan HUANG |
416 | Pneumoconiosis and liver cirrhosis are not risk factors for tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary infection
Huang-Pin WU, Yu-Huei PAN, Chung-Ching HUA, Wen-Bin SHIEH, Bor-Yiing JIANG, Teng-Jen YU |
420 | Evaluation of the relationship between radiological abnormalities and both pulmonary function and pulmonary hypertension in coal workers' pneumoconiosis
Oznur AKKOCA YILDIZ, Banu ERIS GULBAY, Sevgi SARYAL, Gulseren KARABIYIKOGLU |
427 | Gender-associated differences in dyspnoea and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hideki KATSURA, Kouichi YAMADA, Ritsuko WAKABAYASHI, Kozui KIDA |
433 | Cost of hospitalizing asthma patients in a regional hospital in Thailand
Kittisak CHUESAKOOLVANICH |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
439 | Lipid peroxides in stable asthmatics receiving inhaled steroids and long-acting β2-agonists
Mohammed A ALZOGHAIBI, Ahmed S BAHAMMAM |
443 | Video-assisted thoracic surgery for spontaneous haemopneumothorax
Shi-Ping LUH, Thomas Chang-Yao TSAO |
448 | Recent discovery of an old disease: Malignant pleural mesothelioma in a village in south-east Turkey
Elbek OSMAN Bayram HASAN Uyar MERAL Akbulut ERCAN Tulu MEHMET Bayram NAZAN Ozkur AYHAN Ekinci ERHAN, Dikensoy ONER |
CASE REPORTS |
452 | Peripheral T-cell lymphoma with diffuse pulmonary infiltration and an increase in serum KL-6 level
Tomoyuki FUJISAWA Takafumi SUDA Shun MATSUURA Noriyuki ENOMOTO Kaori TAKESHITA Kazunori OHNISHI, Kingo CHIDA |
455 | Inflammatory lesions of the lung, submandibular gland, bile duct and prostate in a patient with IgG4-associated multifocal systemic fibrosclerosis
Ghullam HAMED Kenji TSUSHIMA Masanori YASUO Keishi KUBO Seiichi YAMAZAKI Shigeyuki KAWA Hideaki HAMANO, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO |
458 | Radiological findings of alveolar hydatid disease of the lung caused by Echinococcus multilocularis
Yoshinobu OHSAKI, Takaaki SASAKI, Kiyoko SHIBUKAWA, Toru TAKAHASHI, Shinobu OSANAI |
462 | Hydatid cyst presenting as an eosinophilic pleural effusion
Serir AKTOGU OZKAN Onur F ERER Yavuz A YALCIN Gokhan YUNCU, Zekiye AYDOGDU |
CORRIGENDUM |
465 | CORRIGENDUM |