Genetic screening / counselling

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Editorials
Azithromycin therapy for neutrophilic airways disease: myth or magic?

Saad F Idris, Edwin R Chilvers, Charles Haworth, Damian McKeon, and Alison M Condliffe
Thorax 2009; 64: 186-189. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sarcoidosis
Heredity in sarcoidosis: a registry-based twin study

A Sverrild, V Backer, K O Kyvik, J Kaprio, N Milman, C B Svendsen, and S F Thomsen
Thorax 2008 63: 894 -896; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.094060 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review
Genetic susceptibility to the respiratory effects of air pollution

I A Yang, K M Fong, P V Zimmerman, S T Holgate, and J W Holloway
Thorax 2008; 63: 555-563. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
Determinants of airflow obstruction in severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Dawn L DeMeo, Robert A Sandhaus, Alan F Barker, Mark L Brantly, Edward Eden, N Gerard McElvaney, Stephen Rennard, Esteban Burchard, James M Stocks, James K Stoller, Charlie Strange, Gerard M Turino, Edward J Campbell, and Edwin K Silverman
Thorax 2007 62: 806 -813; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.075846 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Looking for a bit of co-action?

John D Blakey
Thorax 2007; 62: 196-197. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asthma
Genome-wide linkage analysis of pulmonary function in families of children with asthma in Costa Rica

Craig P Hersh, Manuel E Soto-Quirós, Lydiana Avila, Stephen L Lake, Catherine Liang, Eduardo Fournier, Mitzi Spesny, Jody S Sylvia, Ross Lazarus, Thomas Hudson, Andrei Verner, Barbara J Klanderman, Nelson B Freimer, Edwin K Silverman, and Juan C Celedón
Thorax 2007 62: 224 -230; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.067934 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pathophysiology

Margot M E Gosman, H Marike Boezen, Cleo C van Diemen, Jiska B Snoeck-Stroband, Thérèse S Lapperre, Pieter S Hiemstra, Nick H T ten Hacken, Jan Stolk, Dirkje S Postma the GLUCOLD Study Group
Thorax 2007 62: 242 -247; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.060988 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendices ]  

Editorials
Alpha-1-antitrypsin augmentation treatment: does one size fit all?

J Stolk
Thorax 2006; 61: 1034. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Genetic variability of the ß₂ adrenergic receptor and asthma exacerbations

S B Liggett
Thorax 2006; 61: 925-927. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asthma
Arginine-16 ß₂ adrenoceptor genotype predisposes to exacerbations in young asthmatics taking regular salmeterol

C N A Palmer, B J Lipworth, S Lee, T Ismail, D F Macgregor, and S Mukhopadhyay
Thorax 2006 61: 940 -944; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.059386 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]