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Volume 53(4);  April 1998
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Editorials
Brittle asthma: fiend or phantom?
M HETZEL
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 235–236.
PMCID: PMC1745201
Improved survival in ARDS: chance, technology or experience?
S BAUDOUIN
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 237–238.
PMCID: PMC1745185
Lung research funding in the UK: the British Lung Foundation perspective
W MACNEE and I WALDEN
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 239–240.
PMCID: PMC1745193
Original Articles
Rapid onset asthma: a severe but uncommon manifestation
J Kolbe, W Fergusson, and J Garrett
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 241–247.
PMCID: PMC1745188
Airway wall thickness in patients with near fatal asthma and control groups: assessment with high resolution computed tomographic scanning
N. Awadh, N. Muller, C. Park, R. Abboud, and J FitzGerald
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 248–253.
PMCID: PMC1745194
Chlamydia pneumoniae and asthma
P Cook, P Davies, W Tunnicliffe, J Ayres, D Honeybourne, and R Wise
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 254–259.
PMCID: PMC1745183
Induction of IL-8 production in human alveolar macrophages and human bronchial epithelial cells in vitro by swine dust
L. Palmberg, B. Larsson, P. Malmberg, and K. Larsson
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 260–264.
PMCID: PMC1745198
Clinical features and prognosis of life time non-smokers with severe α1-antitrypsin deficiency
N. Seersholm and A. Kok-Jensen
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 265–268.
PMCID: PMC1745189
Effects of theophylline and ipratropium bromide on exercise performance in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
M. Tsukino, K. Nishimura, A. Ikeda, T. Hajiro, H. Koyama, and T. Izumi
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 269–273.
PMCID: PMC1745182
Clinical profiles of Chinese patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis
K. Tsang, C. Ooi, M. Ip, W. Lam, H. Ngan, E. Chan, B. Hawkins, C. Ho, R. Amitani, E. Tanaka, and H. Itoh
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 274–280.
PMCID: PMC1745191
Medium term results of lung transplantation for end stage pulmonary sarcoidosis
S. Walker, G. Mikhail, N. Banner, J. Partridge, A. Khaghani, M. Burke, and M. Yacoub
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 281–284.
PMCID: PMC1745184
Totally implantable venous access devices in children with cystic fibrosis: incidence and type of complications
J Deerojanawong, S Sawyer, A Fink, K Stokes, and C Robertson
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 285–289.
PMCID: PMC1745200
Short Papers
Comparison of nose and face mask CPAP therapy for sleep apnoea
I Mortimore, A Whittle, and N Douglas
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 290–292.
PMCID: PMC1745186
Reduced mortality in association with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
S Abel, S Finney, S Brett, B Keogh, C Morgan, and T Evans
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 292–294.
PMCID: PMC1745195
Review Series
Parental smoking, bronchial reactivity and peak flow variability in children
D. Cook and D. Strachan
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 295–301.
PMCID: PMC1745179
Pathogenesis of lower respiratory tract infections due to Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Legionella and viruses
P. Andersen
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 302–307.
PMCID: PMC1745181
Occasional Reviews
High resolution computed tomography in asthma
A. Mclean, M. Sproule, M. Cowan, and N. Thomson
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 308–314.
PMCID: PMC1745178
Brittle asthma
J. Ayres, J. Miles, and P. Barnes
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 315–321.
PMCID: PMC1745199
Case Reports
Commentary: "Histiocytosis X"
D. Parums
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 322–323.
PMCID: PMC1745190
Recurrence of recipient Langerhans' cell histiocytosis following bilateral lung transplantation
S Habib, J Congleton, D Carr, J Partridge, B Corrin, D Geddes, N Banner, M Yacoub, and M Burke
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 323–325.
PMCID: PMC1745196
Recurrence of Langerhans' cell granulomatosis following lung transplantation
E Gabbay, J Dark, T Ashcroft, D Milne, G Gibson, M Healy, and P Corris
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 326–327.
PMCID: PMC1745180
Letters to the Editor
Should steroids be first choice for asthma?
G. STRUBE and M. RUDOLF
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 328.
PMCID: PMC1745187
The tobacco epidemic in Japan
H. KAWANE
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 328.
PMCID: PMC1745192
Tobacco advertising ban in Europe
S. SPIRO
Thorax. 1998 April; 53(4): 328.
PMCID: PMC1745197
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