FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
621 | |
JOURNAL STATISTICS |
622 | |
EDITORIAL |
623 | |
INVITED REVIEW: PRESIDENTS' SERIES |
624 | Mechanisms of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma
Norbert BEREND, Cheryl M SALOME, Greg G KING |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
632 | Airway stenting for the treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis secondary to thyroid cancer
Hidemitsu TSUTSUI, Mitsuhiro KUBOTA, Masae YAMADA, Akihiko SUZUKI, Jitsuo USUDA, Hiroshi SHIBUYA, Kuniharu MIYAJIMA, Kiminori SUGINO, Koichi ITO, Kinya FURUKAWA, Harubumi KATO |
639 | Recombinant human erythropoietin reduces epithelial cell apoptosis and attenuates bleomycin-induced pneumonitis in mice
Michihiro YOSHIMI, Takashige MAEYAMA, Mizuho YAMADA, Naoki HAMADA, Jyutaro FUKUMOTO, Tomonobu KAWAGUCHI, Kazuyoshi KUWANO, Yoichi NAKANISHI |
646 | Preventive effects of edaravone, a free radical scavenger, on lipopolysaccharide-induced lung injury in mice
Shunji TAJIMA, Manabu SODA, Masashi BANDO, Munehiro ENOMOTO, Hideaki YAMASAWA, Shoji OHNO, Toshinori TAKADA, Eiichi SUZUKI, Fumitake GEJYO, Yukihiko SUGIYAMA |
654 | Inflammatory markers in exhaled breath condensate from patients with asthma
Tomoe UENO, Mikio KATAOKA, Atsushi HIRANO, Kouji IIO, Yasushi TANIMOTO, Arihiko KANEHIRO, Chiharu OKADA, Ryo SODA, Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI, Mitsune TANIMOTO |
664 | High-sensitivity C-reactive protein: A predicative marker in severe asthma
Fen-Hong QIAN, Qian ZHANG, Lin-Fu ZHOU, Hua LIU, Mao HUANG, Xi-Long ZHANG, Kai-Sheng YIN |
670 | Trends in asthma prevalence and severity in Omani schoolchildren: Comparison between ISAAC phases I and III
Omar A AL-RAWAS, Bazdawi M AL-RIYAMI, Abdullah A AL-MANIRI, Asya A AL-RIYAMI |
674 | Bosentan therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: The relationship between improvements in 6 minute walk distance and quality of life
Geoff STRANGE, Anne M KEOGH, Trevor J WILLIAMS, John WLODARCZYK, Keith D MCNEIL, Eli GABBAY |
683 | Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphisms and exercise performance in patients with COPD
Xiaolei ZHANG, Chen WANG, Huaping DAI, Yingxiang LIN, Jun ZHANG |
689 | Cost analysis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a tertiary care setting in Taiwan
Chi-Huei CHIANG |
695 | The association of comorbid anxiety and depression with asthma-related quality of life and symptom perception in adults
Vandana M DESHMUKH, Brett G TOELLE, Tim USHERWOOD, Brian O'GRADY, Christine R JENKINS |
703 | The efficacy and applicability of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with COPD in a secondary-care community hospital
Alev ELÇI, Şermin BÖREKÇI, Nimet OVAYOLU, Osman ELBEK |
708 | Efficacy of the 'tennis ball technique' versus nCPAP in the management of position-dependent obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
Margot A SKINNER, Ruth N KINGSHOTT, Sue FILSELL, D Robin TAYLOR |
716 | Environmental dust granulometry and microbial load in the presence of tobacco smoke
Gianni MACRINA, Michele BAROFFIO, Barbara BRUNO, Carla TAZZER, Paolo CRIMI |
722 | Patient satisfaction with sedation for flexible bronchoscopy
Takashi HIROSE, Kentaro OKUDA, Hiroo ISHIDA, Tomohide SUGIYAMA, Sojiro KUSUMOTO, Masanao NAKASHIMA, Toshimitsu YAMAOKA, Mitsuru ADACHI |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
728 | American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society 2005 standardization of DLCO measurement: Impact on performance
Simon Kwok Fai LEUNG, Wing Wai YEW, Poon Chuen WONG, Yee Kit TSE, Wing Sze LAW, Chi Chiu LEUNG |
731 | Comparison of severity scoring systems A-DROP and CURB-65 for community-acquired pneumonia
Yuichiro SHINDO, Shinji SATO, Eiichi MARUYAMA, Takamasa OHASHI, Masahiro OGAWA, Kazuyoshi IMAIZUMI, Yoshinori HASEGAWA |
TECHNICAL REPORT |
736 | A competency-based test of bronchoscopic knowledge using the Essential Bronchoscopist: An initial concept study
Mohsen DAVOUDI, Silvia QUADRELLI, Kathryn OSANN, Henri G COLT |
CASE REPORTS |
744 | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to gastroesophageal reflux disease in an adolescent boy
Hsuan-Rong HUANG, Kin-Sun WONG, Reyin LIEN, Chih-Yung CHIU |
746 | Metastases in malignant pleural mesothelioma: A new radiological appearance
Mirna FARES, Ossama ABBAS, Ghassan JAMALEDDINE, Pierre BOU-KHALIL |
748 | Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma, a rare primary lung neoplasm: Two case reports and review of the current literature
Jingjin JIANG, Jianying ZHOU, Wei DING |
751 | Solitary pleural plasmacytomas manifested as a massive pleural effusion without evidence of monoclonal gammopathy
Po Hao FENG, Chung-Chi HUANG, Chih-Wei WANG, Yao-Kuang WU, Ying-Huang TSAI |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
754 | Delayed radiotherapy-related effusions: Malignant or not malignant, that is the question?
Sanjay H CHOTIRMALL, Teck B LOW, Phillip MURPHY, Shane J O'NEILL |
755 | Reply to the letter: Delayed radiotherapy related effusions: Malignant or not malignant, that is the question?
John E HEFFNER |