FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
290 | |
EDITORIAL |
291 | Growth and the future of the journal
Phil Thompson, Editor-in-Chief |
INVITED REVIEW SERIES: PLEURAL DISEASES |
292 | Mesothelial cell proliferation and apoptosis
Lorriana E LEARD, V Courtney BROADDUS |
300 | Radiology in pleural disease: State of the art
Amlyn L EVANS, Fergus V GLEESON |
REVIEW ARTICLE |
313 | Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and recent developments in understanding the epidemiology of tuberculosis
Linh N NGUYEN, Gwendolyn L GILBERT, Guy B MARKS |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
320 | Relationship between arterial blood gas values, pulmonary function tests and treadmill exercise testing parameters in patients with COPD
Mehmet YAZICI, Peri ARBAK, Oner BALBAY, Emin MADEN, Mete ERBAS, Enver ERBILEN, Sinan ALBAYRAK, Ramazan AKDEMIR, Cihangir UYAN |
326 | Determinants of cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, focusing on activities parallel to daily living
Yoichi NAKAMURA, Kiyoji TANAKA, Ryosuke SHIGEMATSU, Toshiaki HOMMA, Kiyohisa SEKIZAWA |
331 | Clinical phenotypes of COPD: Results of a Japanese epidemiological survey
Koichiro TATSUMI, Yasunori KASAHARA, Katsushi KUROSU, Nobuhiro TANABE, Yuichi TAKIGUCHI, Takayuki KURIYAMA, The Respiratory Failure Reasearch Group in Japan |
337 | Improved activities of daily living, psychological state and health-related quality of life for 12 months following lung volume reduction surgery in patients with severe emphysema
Yoko GOTO, Hajime KUROSAWA, Nobuyoshi MORI, Yoshimochi KUROKAWA, Wataru HIDA, Masahiro KOHZUKI |
345 | Short- and long-term hospital and community exercise programmes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mercedes ELLIOTT, Carol WATSON, Eve WILKINSON, Arthur W MUSK, Fiona R LAKE |
352 | Does addition of inhaled steroid to combined bronchodilator therapy affect health status in patients with COPD?
Fusun YILDIZ, Ilknur BASYIGIT, Elif YILDIRIM, Hasim BOYACI, Ahmet ILGAZLI |
356 | Trial of nurse-run asthma clinics based in general practice versus usual medical care
Louis S PILOTTO, Brian J SMITH, Adrian R HEARD, Heather J McELROY, Josephine WEEKLEY, Paul BENNETT |
363 | Association between stress and asthma symptoms: A population-based study
Yeon-Mok OH, Young Sam KIM, Se Hwa YOO, Sung Kyu KIM, Dong Soon KIM |
369 | Age of onset and the characteristics of asthma
Jeng-Yuan HSU, Shiang-Ling KING, Benjamin Ing-Tiau KUO, Chi-Der CHIANG |
373 | Survey of asthma control in Thailand
Watchara BOONSAWAT, Poonkasem CHAROENPHAN, Sumalee KIATBOONSRI, Somkiat WONGTIM, Vilaiwan VIRIYACHAIYO, Chaicharn POTHIRAT, Nikom THANOMSIENG |
379 | Adult community-acquired pneumonia in Malaysia: Prediction of mortality from severity assessment on admission
Li-Cher LOH, Sert-Kim KHOO, Soong-Yuen QUAH, Vanitha VISVALINGAM, Anuradha RADHAKRISHNAN, Pillai VIJAYASINGHAM, Tarmizi THAYAPARAN |
387 | Normal spirometric reference values for Omani children and adolescents
Bazdawi M AL-RIYAMI, Omar A AL-RAWAS, Mohammed O HASSAN |
392 | Computed tomography-guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration in diagnosis of lung cancer: A comparison of single-pass needle and multiple-pass coaxial needle systems and the value of immediate cytological assessment
Cagla Uyanusta KUCUK, Adnan YILMAZ, Aynur YILMAZ, Esen AKKAYA |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
397 | Molecular polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae
Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kazuto TOGITANI, Hisanori MACHIDA, Yoshiki UEMURA, Yuji OHTSUKI, Hirokuni TAGUCHI |
402 | Uncontrolled trial of sparfloxacin in retreatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
Sukhesh RAO |
TECHNICAL REPORT |
406 | Variation in barometric pressure in Melbourne does not significantly affect the BTPS correction factor
David P JOHNS, M Faizel HARTLEY, Graham BURNS, Bruce R THOMPSON |
CASE REPORTS |
409 | A barium marking method using an ultrathin bronchoscope with virtual bronchoscopic navigation
Fumihiro ASANO, Yoshihiko MATSUNO, Takashi IBUKA, Naoko TAKEICHI, Hideki OYA |
414 | Primary lung involvement with amyloid deposition in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: Observations from over 20 years
Miyuki OKUDA, Yasuhisa OKUDA, Takeshi OGURA, Makoto KASHIO, Tomiya MASUNO, Yusuke OJI, Masayuki MIYAZAKI |
419 | Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis associated with psoriasis and complicated by mycobacterial infection: Successful treatment with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor after a partial response to whole lung lavage
Jamalul Azizi ABDUL RAHMAN, Yuben P MOODLEY, Martin J PHILLIPS |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
423 | What is the 'appropriate' term for saline nose drops: Placebo or drug?
Ahmet KARADAG, Hanifi KURTARAN, Turker YILMAZ, Zekai AVCI, Ferhat CATAL |
424 | Reply
Richard BEASLEYL |