FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
556 | |
EDITORIAL |
557 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
INVITED REVIEW: PRESIDENT's LECTURE |
558 | Update in screening of lung cancer
Vasken ARTINIAN, Paul A KVALE |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
567 | The effects of erythromycin on the viability and the secretion of TNF-α and TGF-β1 and expression of connexin43 by human pleural mesothelial cells
Canmao XIE, Jian Qiang HUANG, Richard W LIGHT |
572 | Serum IgG and IgA antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae and severity of emphysema
Kazuyoshi KURASHIMA, Tetsu KANAUCHI, Noboru TAKAYANAGI, Nagato SATO, Daido TOKUNAGA, Mikio UBUKATA, Tsutomu YANAGISAWA, Yutaka SUGITA, Minoru KANAZAWA |
579 | Asthma control in adults in Asia-Pacific
Bin M Zin ZAINUDIN, Christopher KAI WEI LAI, Joan B SORIANO, Wang JIA-HORNG, Teresita S DE GUIA |
587 | Assessment of an asthma quality of life scale using item-response theory
Robert ADAMS, Malcolm ROSIER, Donald CAMPBELL, Richard RUFFIN |
594 | COPD: A prevalence estimation model
John W PEABODY, Brigitte SCHAU, Maite LOPEZ-VIDRIERO, Jorgen VESTBO, Sally WADE, Ahmar IQBAL |
603 | Response to bronchodilator in infants with bronchiolitis can be predicted from wheeze characteristics
Ignacio SANCHEZ, Cecilia VIZCAYA, Daniela GARCIA, Eugenia CAMPOS |
609 | Inflammatory activity is still present in the advanced stages of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Marco MURA, Gelorma BELMONTE, Stefano Fanti, Paola CONTINI, Angela Maria Grazia PACILLI, Luca FASANO, Maurizio ZOMPATORI, Mario SCHIAVINA, Mario FABBRI |
615 | Protective effects of N-acetylcysteine on the peroxidative changes of rat lungs exposed to inhalation of thinners
Meltem Ozlen DILLIOGLUGIL, Ahmet ILGAZLI, Hale MARAL, Canan SENGUL, Gulsen OZDEMIR, Cengiz ERCIN |
620 | Pulmonary artery pressure and blood flow as predictors of outcome from lung cancer resection
Robert J PIERCE, Ken SHARPE, Jennifer JOHNS, Bruce THOMPSON |
629 | Gemcitabine and carboplatin in the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Chai-Hooi LEOW, Chong-Kin LIAM |
636 | Frozen section of pleural biopsies at medical thoracoscopy assists in correctly identifying benign disease
David FIELDING, Peter HOPKINS, David SERISIER |
643 | The prevalence of acute response to bronchodilator in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Kenneth T YEN, John D PUTZKE, Bruce A STAATS, Charles D BURGER |
649 | Prolonged survival after talc poudrage for malignant pleural mesothelioma: Case series
Yossef AELONY, Janis F YAO |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
656 | Leptospirosis and its pulmonary complications
Kreetha THAMMAKUMPEE, Khachornsakdi SILPAPOJAKUL, Baralee BORRIRAK |
660 | Clinicopathological analysis of lung cancer resembling malignant pleural mesothelioma
Yoshihiro KOBASHI, Toshiharu MATSUSHIMA, Tsutomu IREI |
666 | Cranial optic nerve involvements in patients with severe COPD
Cengiz OZGE, Aynur OZGE, Ayca YILMAZ, Deniz E YALCINKAYA, Mukadder CALIKOGLU |
TECHNICAL REPORT |
673 | The feasibility of nitric oxide delivery with high frequency jet ventilation
Yaseen ARABI, Anand KUMAR, Kenneth WOOD, Anne FLATEN |
CASE REPORTS |
678 | Microscopic polyangiitis with unusual lung involvement
Banu Eris GULBAY, Gokhan CELIK, Ozlemozdemir KUMBASAR, Mutlu GULBAY, Doanay ALPER, Ozden TULUNAY |
682 | Chronic pulmonary scedosporiosis simulating aspergillosis
Takeharu KOGA, Takao KITAJIMA, Reiko TANAKA, Masashi HIROKAWA, Masao ICHIKI, Toru RIKIMARU, Hisamichi AIZAWA |
685 | Intralobar sequestration with tuberculous infection confined to the sequestrated lung
Kazuhiro YATERA, Miiru IZUMI, Makoto IMAI, Tomomi IKEGAMI, Naoki MIYAZAKI, Masamitsu KIDO |
689 | Thymic carcinoma originating from the mid-posterior mediastinum
Toru KADOWAKI, Hironobu HAMADA, Akihito YOKOYAMA, Hitoshi KATAYAMA, Takayoshi ARAMOTO, Norifumi UEDA, Hiromi TOMIOKA, Jitsuo HIGAKI |