| | Editorials Difficult asthma B Harrison PMCID: PMC1746743 ACE in COPD: a therapeutic target? R Forth and H Montgomery PMCID: PMC1746750 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): epidemiology, diagnosis and management G Wong and D Hui PMCID: PMC1746727 Airwaves Thorax. 2003 July; 58(7): 555. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.7.555-a.PMCID: PMC1746723 Asthma Predictors of therapy resistant asthma: outcome of a systematic evaluation protocol L Heaney, E Conway, C Kelly, B Johnston, C English, M Stevenson, and J Gamble PMCID: PMC1746731 Association of consumption of products containing milk fat with reduced asthma risk in pre-school children: the PIAMA birth cohort study A Wijga, H Smit, M Kerkhof, J C de Jongste, J Gerritsen, H Neijens, H Boshuizen, and B Brunekreef PMCID: PMC1746729 Lung Alerts Influenza vaccination reduces risk of hospitalisation for heart disease and CVD in subjects aged ≥65 years B Yung PMCID: PMC1746739 Contamination of rhinovirus stocks with poliovirus type 1 T Wilkinson PMCID: PMC1746742 CT-guided pleural biopsy preferable to traditional Abram's needle in diagnosing malignant pleural disease P Bhatia PMCID: PMC1746745 Acetylcholine may be an autocrine growth factor for lung cancer A De-Soyza PMCID: PMC1746746 The SARS epidemic: emergence of a new respiratory virus? T Seemungal PMCID: PMC1746748 Mechanical ventilation may damage organs other than the lungs M Johnson PMCID: PMC1746741 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Effect of cilomilast (Ariflo) on TNF-α, IL-8, and GM-CSF release by airway cells of patients with COPD M Profita, G Chiappara, F Mirabella, G Di, L Chimenti, G Costanzo, L Riccobono, V Bellia, J Bousquet, and A Vignola PMCID: PMC1746747 Regular inhaled short acting ß2 agonists for the management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis F Ram and P Sestini PMCID: PMC1746735 Exhaled leukotrienes and prostaglandins in COPD P Montuschi, S Kharitonov, G Ciabattoni, and P Barnes PMCID: PMC1746732 Respiratory Infection Time course of recovery of health status following an infective exacerbation of chronic bronchitis S Spencer and P Jones PMCID: PMC1746751 Asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in subjects undergoing bronchoscopy: a prospective study N Maskell, D Waine, A Lindley, J Pepperell, A Wakefield, R Miller, and R Davies PMCID: PMC1746733 Airway Biology Role of the endothelium and nitric oxide synthases in modulating superoxide formation induced by endotoxin and cytokines in porcine pulmonary arteries S Muzaffar, J Jeremy, G Angelini, K Stuart-Smith, and N Shukla PMCID: PMC1746752 Enhancement of acute lung injury related to bacterial endotoxin by components of diesel exhaust particles R Yanagisawa, H Takano, K Inoue, T Ichinose, K Sadakane, S Yoshino, K Yamaki, Y Kumagai, K Uchiyama, T Yoshikawa, and M Morita PMCID: PMC1746720 Cystic Fibrosis Expression of S100A12 (EN-RAGE) in cystic fibrosis D Foell, S Seeliger, T Vogl, H Koch, H Maschek, E Harms, C Sorg, and J Roth PMCID: PMC1746749 Tuberculosis Epidemiology of tuberculosis on Gran Canaria: a 4 year population study using traditional and molecular approaches M Pena, J Caminero, M Campos-Herrero, J Rodriguez-Gallego, M Garcia-Laorden, P Cabrera, M Torres, B Lafarga, d Rodriguez, S Samper, F Canas, D Enarson, and C Martin PMCID: PMC1746740 Smoking Association of CYP2A6 deletion polymorphism with smoking habit and development of pulmonary emphysema N Minematsu, H Nakamura, M Iwata, H Tateno, T Nakajima, S Takahashi, S Fujishima, and K Yamaguchi PMCID: PMC1746722 Short Papers Effects of captopril administration on pulmonary haemodynamics and tissue oxygenation during exercise in ACE gene subtypes in patients with COPD: a preliminary study H Kanazawa, K Hirata, and J Yoshikawa PMCID: PMC1746721 Rapid effect of inhaled steroids on nocturnal worsening of asthma G Frezza, J Terra-Filho, J Martinez, and E Vianna PMCID: PMC1746725 Review Series Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 10: Bullectomy, lung volume reduction surgery, and transplantation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease B Meyers and G Patterson PMCID: PMC1746734 Lung cancer • 6: The case for limited surgical resection in non-small cell lung cancer D Sugarbaker PMCID: PMC1746726 Case Report Oesophagopleural fistula as a novel cause of failed non-invasive ventilation J Hurst, M Polkey, P Goldstraw, and B Yung PMCID: PMC1746730 Letters to the Editor NIV at home: resource implications L Turner, B Cooper, L Watson, J Britton, S Wharton, and W Kinnear PMCID: PMC1746737 GM-CSF and proteinosis F Khanjari, H Watier, J Domenech, E Asquier, P Diot, and K Nakata PMCID: PMC1746744 Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity as refractory asthma N Kikuchi, A Nomura, Y Ishii, K Sekizawa, H Harada, K Ishii, and T Wada PMCID: PMC1746724 Impaired cough reflex in patients with recurrent pneumonia C Barber, A Curran, D Fishwick, A Niimi, and M Mishima PMCID: PMC1746728 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |
