EDITORIALS |
117 | Invited Review Series
Phil Thompson, Editor-in-Chief |
118 | The Michiyoshi Harasawa and Ann J Woolcock Memorial Lectures
Wah-Kit Lam, President, APSR |
119 | Caring about tuberculosis: IUATLD's continuing contributions
Paula I Fujiwara, John F Murray |
Invited Review Series: Tobacco and Lung Health |
123 | Women and tobacco
Judith MACKAY, Amanda AMOS |
131 | Respiratory health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
Moira CHAN-YEUNG, Helen DIMICH-WARD |
Invited Review Series: Cells of the Lung |
140 | The role of dendritic cells in immune regulation and allergic airway inflammation
John W UPHAM |
Original Articles |
149 | Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells in mixed connective tissue disease
Katsumi ENOMOTO, Toshinori TAKADA, Eiichi SUZUKI, Takashi ISHIDA, Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Hidemi OOI, Takashi HASEGAWA, Hiroki TSUKADA, Masaaki NAKANO, Fumitake GEJYO |
157 | A marked decrease in l-selectin expression by leucocytes in infants with Bordetella pertussis infection: leucocytosis explained?
Greg HODGE, Sandy HODGE, Corey MARKUS, Andrew LAWRENCE, Ping HAN |
163 | The significance of tumour markers as an indication for mediastinoscopy in non-small cell lung cancer
Soichiro ANDO, Hideki KIMURA, Naomichi IWAI, Kimitaka KAKIZAWA, Masayuki SHIMA, Michiko ANDO |
168 | Sputum eosinophilia and bronchial responsiveness in patients with chronic non-productive cough responsive to anti-asthma therapy
Keisaku FUJIMOTO, Shinji YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhisa URUSHIBATA, Tomonobu KOIZUMI, Keishi KUBO |
175 | Secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and emphysema: Preliminary study, speculation and an hypothesis
Monna S AYAD, Kenneth R KNIGHT, Jonathan GW BURDON, Sue BRENTON |
181 | Effect of osmolality on mucociliary transportability and rheology of cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis sputum
Peter J WILLS, Peter J COLE |
186 | Influence of stressful life events on the onset of sarcoidosis
Yoshihito YAMADA, Koichiro TATSUMI, Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Nobuhiro TANABE, Yuichi TAKIGUCHI, Takayuki KURIYAMA, Riichiro MIKAMI |
192 | COPD prevalence in 12 Asia-Pacific countries and regions: Projections based on the COPD prevalence estimation model
Regional COPD Working Group |
199 | A step-wise application of methylprednisolone versus dexamethasone in the treatment of acute exacerbations of COPD
Huiping LI, Guojun HE, Haiqing CHU, Lan ZHAO, Hui YU |
205 | Prescribing and administration of nebulized bronchodilators: A prospective audit in a university hospital See Meng KHOO, TK LIM |
208 | Prevalence and clinical significance of community-acquired penicillin-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia in Thailand
Patchanee SANGTHAWAN, Sudaluck CHANTARATCHADA, Nonglak CHANTHADISAI, Anan WATTANATHUM |
213 | The effects of air pollution on acute respiratory conditions
Mohammad Reza, Hamid Reza JAMAATI, Pouneh DOKOUHAKI, Zarrin AHMADZADEH, Sima Alinezhad TAHERI, Masoud BIGDELI, Shirin IZADI, Abdorrahman ROSTAMIAN, Khosro AAGIN, Seyed Masoud GHAVAM |
Short Communications |
231 | Differences in clinical features between influenza A H1N1, A H3N2, and B in adult patients
Masahide KAJI, Aya WATANABE, Hisamichi AIZAWA |
234 | Rhinovirus is not detectable in peripheral lung tissue after asthma death
Mark W WATSON, Richard BEASLEY, Stephen T HOLGATE, Philip G BARDIN |
Case Reports |
239 | Chromosome 9p deletion in squamous metaplasia in cystic lesion of the lung
Megumi SAWADA, Naohiko INASE, Miwa IMAI, Yoshio OHTANI, Shuji MIYAKE, Hideki AKAMATSU, Yasuyuki YOSHIZAWA |
243 | Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia following lung volume reduction surgery in a single lung transplant recipient on maintenance tacrolimus (FK506) therapy
David W REID, Alison STREET, Darren MANSFIELD, Weng CHIN, Marie COLE-SINCLAIR, Trevor J WILLIAMS, Gregory I SNELL |
246 | Pulmonary thromboembolism with massive vaginal bleeding due to thrombolytic therapy
Numan EKIM, Nurdan KOKTURK, Demet YEGIN, Oguz KOKTURK, M Ali HABESOGLU |
249 | A case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia complicated by miliary tuberculosis
Kou UCHIDA, Nozomi AOIKE, Kanako YOSHIDA, Ai KOYA, Yujiro TAKAI, Kazuhiro TATEDA, Keizo YAMAGUCHI |
Forthcoming Meetings |
252 | Professor Chong-Kin Liam |