| | Editorials Chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer: is the glass half full or half empty? G Silvestri Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 821. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.025916.PMCID: PMC1746839 The HRCT scan pursuing real life pathology R Stockley Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 822–823. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.029785.PMCID: PMC1746843 Pi MZ and COPD: will we ever know? N Seersholm Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 823–825. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.024810.PMCID: PMC1746850 Environmental allergen exposure, sensitisation and asthma: from whole populations to individuals at risk A Custovic and A Simpson Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 825–827. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.027334.PMCID: PMC1746833 Airwaves Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 821. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.awoct.PMCID: PMC1746846 Lung Cancer Chemotherapy versus supportive care in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: improved survival without detriment to quality of life S Spiro, R Rudd, R Souhami, J Brown, D Fairlamb, N Gower, L Maslove, R Milroy, V Napp, M Parmar, M Peake, R Stephens, H Thorpe, D Waller, and P West Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 828–836. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.020164.PMCID: PMC1746842 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Relationship between peripheral airway dysfunction, airway obstruction, and neutrophilic inflammation in COPD R O'Donnell, C Peebles, J Ward, A Daraker, G Angco, P Broberg, S Pierrou, J Lund, S Holgate, D Davies, D Delany, S Wilson, and R Djukanovic Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 837–842. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.019349.PMCID: PMC1746844 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in α1-antitrypsin PI MZ heterozygotes: a meta-analysis C Hersh, M Dahl, N Ly, C Berkey, B Nordestgaard, and E Silverman Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 843–849. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.022541.PMCID: PMC1746834 Decreased expression of interleukin 13 in human lung emphysema A Boutten, M Bonay, S Laribe, G Leseche, Y Castier, V Lecon-Malas, M Fournier, G Durand, M Aubier, M Dehoux, and B Crestani Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 850–854. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.025247.PMCID: PMC1746852 Lung Alerts No difference in mortality between low and high PEEP P Bhatia Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 842. doi: 10.1136/thx.200X.la0113.PMCID: PMC1746830 Early supported discharge at exacerbation of COPD: safe and cost effective for some S Cooper Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 869. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.la0114.PMCID: PMC1746840 Sensitivity of pulmonary function tests in assessing whether bronchodilatation is different in healthy subjects and asthmatics M Menon Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 875. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.la0115.PMCID: PMC1746832 Mechanisms of tolerance and Th2 cell activation in asthma R Baghai-Ravary Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 909. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.la0116.PMCID: PMC1746841 Asthma Early allergen exposure, skin prick responses, and atopic wheeze at age 5 in English children: a cohort study P Cullinan, S MacNeill, J Harris, S Moffat, C White, P Mills, and T Newman Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 855–861. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.019877.PMCID: PMC1746847 Airway inflammation in children with difficult asthma: relationships with airflow limitation and persistent symptoms D Payne, Y Qiu, J Zhu, L Peachey, M Scallan, A Bush, and P Jeffery Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 862–869. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.017244.PMCID: PMC1746838 Soluble CD86 protein in serum samples of patients with asthma H Shi, Z Xie, J Deng, Y Chen, and C Xiao Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 870–875. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.021840.PMCID: PMC1746836 Linkage/association study of a locus modulating total serum IgE on chromosome 14q13–24 in families with asthma A Mansur, D Bishop, S Holgate, A Markham, and J Morrison Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 876–882. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.014092.PMCID: PMC1746835 Sleep Disordered Breathing Operating characteristics of the negative expiratory pressure technique in predicting obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in snoring patients A Van Meerhaeghe, P Delpire, P Stenuit, and M Kerkhofs Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 883–888. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.015271.PMCID: PMC1746827 Respiratory Infection Six month radiological and physiological outcomes in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) survivors C Ng, J Chan, T Kwan, T To, Y Chan, F Ng, and T Mok Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 889–891. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.023762.PMCID: PMC1746851 Respiratory Physiology Association of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and lung function with C-reactive protein (CRP): a population based study S Kony, M Zureik, F Driss, C Neukirch, B Leynaert, and F Neukirch Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 892–896. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.015768.PMCID: PMC1746828 Occupational Lung Disease Respiratory health status of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and the effects of exposure to oil fire smoke and dust storms H Kelsall, M Sim, A Forbes, D McKenzie, D Glass, J Ikin, P Ittak, and M Abramson Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 897–903. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.017103.PMCID: PMC1746848 Review Series α1-Antitrypsin deficiency · 6: New and emerging treatments for α1-antitrypsin deficiency R Sandhaus Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 904–909. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.006551.PMCID: PMC1746849 Case Report Respiratory bronchiolitis associated interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD): a case of an acute presentation D Mavridou and D Laws Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 910–911. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.011080.PMCID: PMC1746837 Images in Thorax A rare presentation of a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm A Chatterjee, S Ghosh, K Salhiyyah, P Gaines, and G Rocco Thorax. 2004 October; 59(10): 912. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.028589.PMCID: PMC1746845 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |