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June 1998, Volume 53, Issue 6

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  1. Editorials
  2. Original article
  3. Short paper
  4. Review series
  5. Occasional review
  6. Case report
  7. Letters to the editor
  8. Book review
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[Front cover]

Editorials

  • Association between angiotensin II receptor gene polymorphism and serum angiotensin converting enzyme (SACE) activity in patients with sarcoidosis

    • B G MARSHALL,
    • R J SHAW
    Thorax 1998;53:6 439-440 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.439

  • Surgery for lung cancer

    • S W FOUNTAIN
    Thorax 1998;53:6 441 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.441

  • Severity of chronic asthma

    • A J WOOLCOCK,
    • D DUSSER,
    • I FAJAC
    Thorax 1998;53:6 442-444 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.442

Original article

  • Improving surgical resection rate in lung cancer

    • Clare Laroche,
    • Frank Wells,
    • Richard Coulden,
    • Susan Stewart,
    • Martin Goddard,
    • Erica Lowry,
    • Alan Price,
    • David Gilligan
    Thorax 1998;53:6 445-449 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.445

  • Surgery for combined type small cell lung carcinoma

    • R Hage,
    • J R J Elbers,
    • A Brutel de la Rivière,
    • J M M van den Bosch
    Thorax 1998;53:6 450-453 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.450

  • Cross sectional study of exhaled nitric oxide levels following lung transplantation

    • A J Fisher,
    • E Gabbay,
    • T Small,
    • S Doig,
    • J H Dark,
    • P A Corris
    Thorax 1998;53:6 454-458 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.454

  • Association between angiotensin II receptor gene polymorphism and serum angiotensin converting enzyme (SACE) activity in patients with sarcoidosis

    • Yuji Takemoto,
    • Mitsunori Sakatani,
    • Seijyu Takami,
    • Teruo Tachibana,
    • Jitsuo Higaki,
    • Toshio Ogihara,
    • Tetsuro Miki,
    • Tomohiro Katsuya,
    • Tessei Tsuchiyama,
    • Akira Yoshida,
    • Hisahiro Yu,
    • Yoshiro Tanio,
    • Einosuke Ueda
    Thorax 1998;53:6 459-462 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.459

  • IgG subclasses in the serum and sputum from patients with bronchiectasis

    • S L Hill,
    • J L Mitchell,
    • D Burnett,
    • R A Stockley
    Thorax 1998;53:6 463-468 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.463

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: survival in population based and hospital based cohorts

    • Douglas W Mapel,
    • William C Hunt,
    • Rose Utton,
    • Kathy B Baumgartner,
    • Jonathan M Samet,
    • David B Coultas
    Thorax 1998;53:6 469-476 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.469

  • Randomised controlled trial of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Jean Bourbeau,
    • Michel Y Rouleau,
    • Serge Boucher
    Thorax 1998;53:6 477-482 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.477

  • Effect of endogenous nitric oxide inhibition on airway responsiveness to histamine and adenosine-5′-monophosphate in asthma

    • D A Taylor,
    • J L McGrath,
    • L M Orr,
    • P J Barnes,
    • B J O’Connor
    Thorax 1998;53:6 483-489 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.483

  • Differences in asthma management between white European and Indian subcontinent ethnic groups living in socioeconomically deprived areas in the Birmingham (UK) conurbation

    • H Moudgil,
    • D Honeybourne
    Thorax 1998;53:6 490-494 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.490

Short paper

  • Domiciliary nocturnal intermittent positive pressure ventilation in patients with respiratory failure due to severe COPD: long term follow up and effect on survival

    • S E Jones,
    • S Packham,
    • M Hebden,
    • A P Smith
    Thorax 1998;53:6 495-498 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.495

  • Evidence for eosinophil activation in bronchiectasis unrelated to cystic fibrosis and bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: discrepancy between blood eosinophil counts and serum eosinophil cationic protein levels

    • Claus Kroegel,
    • Marc Schüler,
    • Martin Förster,
    • Ruedi Braun,
    • Paul Reinhard Grahmann
    Thorax 1998;53:6 498-500 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.498

Review series

  • Genetics and respiratory disease • 2: Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency, cirrhosis and emphysema

    • Ravi Mahadeva,
    • David A Lomas
    Thorax 1998;53:6 501-505 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.501

Occasional review

  • The donor lung: conservation of a precious resource

    • Cesar A Keller
    Thorax 1998;53:6 506-513 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.506

  • Pathophysiology and treatment of Cheyne-Stokes respiration

    • M T Naughton
    Thorax 1998;53:6 514-518 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.514

  • Psychosocial aspects of asthma in adults

    • B D W Harrison
    Thorax 1998;53:6 519-525 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.519

Case report

  • Commentary: bronchiectasis and inflammatory bowel disease

    • R A Stockley
    Thorax 1998;53:6 526-527 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.526

  • Bronchiectasis in association with coeliac disease

    • Ravi Mahadeva,
    • Christopher Flower,
    • John Shneerson
    Thorax 1998;53:6 527-529 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.527

  • Bronchiectasis following colectomy for Crohn’s disease

    • T E Eaton,
    • N Lambie,
    • A U Wells
    Thorax 1998;53:6 529-531 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.529

Letters to the editor

  • Evolution of OSA

    • S F QUAN
    1. Commentator:
      • P LÉVY and
      • J L PÉPIN
    Thorax 1998;53:6 532 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.532

Book review

  • A Practical Approach to Pulmonary Medicine

    Thorax 1998;53:6 532 doi:10.1136/thx.53.6.532a

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