| Page | EDITORIAL |
| 425 | COPD
Phil Thompson, Editor-in-Chief |
| GUEST EDITORIAL |
| 426 | A molecular chink in the lung cancer armour
KM Fong, R Bowman |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: PLEURAL DISEASES |
| 428 | Pathogenesis of pleural fibrosis
Steven E MUTSAERS, Cecilia M PRELE, Arnold R BRODY, Steven IDELL |
| 441 | Causes and management of pleural fibrosis
John T HUGGINS, Steven A SAHN |
| REVIEW ARTICLE |
| 448 | Transient receptor potential and other ion channels as pharmaceutical targets in airway smooth muscle cells
Hwei L ONG, Greg J BARRITT |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| 458 | COPD in Japan: the Nippon COPD Epidemiology study
Yoshinosuke FUKUCHI, Masaharu NISHIMURA, Masakazu ICHINOSE, Mitsuru ADACHI, Atsushi NAGAI, Takayuki KURIYAMA, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Koichi NISHIMURA, Shinichi ISHIOKA, Hisamichi AIZAWA, Carol ZAHER |
| 466 | Cost impact of COPD in Japan: Opportunities and challenges?
Shuzo NISHIMURA, Carol ZAHER |
| 474 | Changes in lung function and tidal airflow patterns after increasing extrathoracic airway resistance
M Jocelyn MORRIS, E Mark WILLIAMS, Richard MADGWICK, Rajarshi BANERJEE, Emma PHILLIPS |
| 481 | Role of arterial blood gas abnormalities in oedema formation in COPD
Fisun KARADAG, Mehmet POLATLI, Hatice OZCAN, Orhan CILDAG |
| 485 | Acute mountain sickness is associated with sleep desaturation at high altitude
Keith R BURGESS, Pamela JOHNSON, Natalie EDWARDS, Jackie COOPER |
| 493 | Glutathione-S-transferase gene polymorphisms (GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTP1) as increased risk factors for asthma
Lulufer TAMER, Mukadder CALIKOGLU, Nurcan Aras ATES, Hatice YILDIRIM, Bahadir ERCAN, Emel SARITAS, Ali UNLU, Ugur ATIK |
| 499 | A new asthma spacer device to improve compliance in children: a pilot study
Gervase CHANEY, Barry CLEMENTS, Lou LANDAU, Max BULSARA, Paul WATT |
| 507 | BAL eotaxin and IL-5 in asthma, and the effects of inhaled corticosteroid and β2 agonist
Bryce N FELTIS, David W REID, Chris WARD, E Haydn WALTERS |
| 514 | Effects of different anti-asthmatic agents on induced sputum and eosinophil cationic protein in mild asthmatics
Ilknur BASYIGIT, Fusun YILDIZ, Sevgiye KACAR OZKARA, Hasim BOYACI, Ahmet ILGAZLI, Oktay OZKARAKAS |
| 521 | Asthma phenotypes in Niue Islanders
William GH ABBOTT, Ingrid M WINSHIP, Margaret L WILSHER, Malama NILAU, Colin F TUKUITONGA |
| 528 | Budesonide once versus twice-daily administration: meta-analysis
Matthew MASOLI, Mark WEATHERALL, Shaun HOLT, Richard BEASLEY |
| 535 | Prediction equations for pulmonary function values in healthy young Iranians aged 8-18 years
Mohammad Hossein BOSKABADY, Abulghasem TASHAKORY, Reza MAZLOOM, Gity GHAMAMI |
| 543 | Acute exacerbation of COPD requiring admission to the intensive care unit
Steve YANG, Keng-Leong TAN, Anantham DEVANAND, Stephanie FOOK-CHONG, Philip ENG |
| 550 | Adverse effects associated with influenza vaccination in patients with COPD: a randomized controlled study
Phunsup WONGSURAKIAT, Khun Nanta MARANETRA, Penpun GULPRASUTDILOG, Monchai AKSORNINT, Wichian SRILUM, Chairat RUENGJAM, Wichean SATED |
| 557 | Clinicopathological study of bronchogenic carcinoma
Rajendra PRASAD, Prince JAMES, Vikas KESARWANI, Richa GUPTA, Mohan C PANT, Arun CHATURVEDI, Anand N SHRIVASTAVA |
| CASE REPORTS |
| 561 | Occult bronchial foreign body aspiration in adults: analysis of four cases
Adnan YILMAZ, Esen AKKAYA, Ebru DAMADOGLU, Sinem GUNGOR |
| 564 | Inhalation of tobramycin in a patient with aspiration pneumonia as a result of medullary stroke
Akihiko OHWADA, Yuichiro KAJIYAMA, Naoko HIRASHIMA, Atsuko MIYAJI, Masaru SUZUKI |
| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
| 568 | A simple C-reactive protein measurement for the differentiation between tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion: Comment
Eduardo GARCIA-PACHON, Isabel PADILLA-NAVAS, Ismael L LLORCA, Conrado SHUM |
| 569 | A simple C-reactive protein measurement for the differentiation between tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion: Reply
Nitipatana CHIERAKUL, Apichart KANITSAP, Angkana CHAIPRASART, Ronnachai VIRIYATAVEEKUL |
| 570 | Adverse effects of short-acting beta-agonists: potential impact when anti-inflammatory therapy is inadequate: Comment
Bill T AMEREDES |
