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January 2004, Volume 59, Issue 1

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  1. Editorials
  2. airwaves
  3. Electronic pages
  4. Miscellanea
  5. Asthma
  6. Airway biology
  7. Lung cancer
  8. Sleep disordered breathing
  9. Paediatric lung disease
  10. Review series
  11. Case Report
  12. Letters to the editor
  13. Reviewers
  14. Images in Thorax
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Editorials

  • Delays in managing lung cancer

    • A Moody,
    • M Muers,
    • D Forman
    Thorax 2004;59:1 1-3

  • The developing story of antioxidants and asthma

    • R Hubbard,
    • A Fogarty
    Thorax 2004;59:1 3-4

  • Sleep disordered breathing awoken

    • J Fleetham
    Thorax 2004;59:1 5-6 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.009407

  • Thank you to all Thorax reviewers

    • J A Wedzicha,
    • S L Johnston,
    • D M Mitchell
    Thorax 2004;59:1 6-7 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.018689

airwaves

  • Airwaves

    • Wisia Wedzicha
    Thorax 2004;59:1 1 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.awjan

Electronic pages

Miscellanea

  • The use of opioids for palliative care in refractory dyspnoea

    • G P Currie
    Thorax 2004;59:1 7 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la66

  • Environmental nitrogen dioxide causes a pro-allergic response in the bronchial epithelium of normal subjects in vivo

    • G P Currie
    Thorax 2004;59:1 10 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la69

  • New evidence for the Dutch hypothesis?

    • D Shaw
    Thorax 2004;59:1 38 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la67

  • Can inactivated Mycobacterium vaccae vaccine help protect HIV positive patients against tuberculosis?

    • V L C White
    Thorax 2004;59:1 38 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.la68

  • Bilateral diagnostic thoracocentesis may not be routinely indicated in patients with bilateral pleural effusion

    • K Mohan
    Thorax 2004;59:1 55

Asthma

  • Genetic polymorphism of GSTM1 and antioxidant supplementation influence lung function in relation to ozone exposure in asthmatic children in Mexico City

    • I Romieu,
    • J J Sienra-Monge,
    • M Ramírez-Aguilar,
    • H Moreno-Macías,
    • N I Reyes-Ruiz,
    • B Estela del Río-Navarro,
    • M Hernández-Avila,
    • S J London
    Thorax 2004;59:1 8-10

  • Early prescriptions of antibiotics and the risk of allergic disease in adults: a cohort study

    • P Cullinan,
    • J Harris,
    • P Mills,
    • S Moffat,
    • C White,
    • J Figg,
    • A Moon,
    • A J Newman Taylor
    Thorax 2004;59:1 11-15

  • Clinical dose-response relationship of fluticasone propionate in adults with asthma

    • M Masoli,
    • M Weatherall,
    • S Holt,
    • R Beasley
    Thorax 2004;59:1 16-20

  • Use of sequential quadrupling dose regimens to study efficacy of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma

    • K Phillips,
    • J Oborne,
    • T W Harrison,
    • A E Tattersfield
    Thorax 2004;59:1 21-25 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.015289

  • Time course of action of two inhaled corticosteroids, fluticasone propionate and budesonide

    • K Phillips,
    • J Oborne,
    • S Lewis,
    • T W Harrison,
    • A E Tattersfield
    Thorax 2004;59:1 26-30 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.015297

Airway biology

  • Reduction of bleomycin induced lung fibrosis by candesartan cilexetil, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist

    • M Otsuka,
    • H Takahashi,
    • M Shiratori,
    • H Chiba,
    • S Abe
    Thorax 2004;59:1 31-38 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.000893

  • Effects of antiplatelet agents on pulmonary haemodynamic response to fMLP in endotoxin primed rats

    • C Song,
    • S Suzuki,
    • H Kubo,
    • M Chida,
    • Y Hoshikawa,
    • T Tabata,
    • T Kondo
    Thorax 2004;59:1 39-44 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.002022

Lung cancer

  • Effect of delays on prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

    • G Myrdal,
    • M Lambe,
    • G Hillerdal,
    • K Lamberg,
    • Th Agustsson,
    • E Ståhle
    Thorax 2004;59:1 45-49

Sleep disordered breathing

  • Intranasal corticosteroid therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with co-existing rhinitis

    • J L Kiely,
    • P Nolan,
    • W T McNicholas
    Thorax 2004;59:1 50-55

  • Time course of changes in driving simulator performance with and without treatment in patients with sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome

    • P M Turkington,
    • M Sircar,
    • D Saralaya,
    • M W Elliott
    Thorax 2004;59:1 56-59

Paediatric lung disease

  • Low birth weight for gestation and airway function in infancy: exploring the fetal origins hypothesis

    • C Dezateux,
    • S Lum,
    • A-F Hoo,
    • J Hawdon,
    • K Costeloe,
    • J Stocks
    Thorax 2004;59:1 60-66

  • Pulmonary function abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease

    • K P Sylvester,
    • R A Patey,
    • P Milligan,
    • M Dick,
    • G F Rafferty,
    • D Rees,
    • S L Thein,
    • A Greenough
    Thorax 2004;59:1 67-70

Review series

  • Cough · 4: Cough in asthma and eosinophilic bronchitis

    • P V Dicpinigaitis
    Thorax 2004;59:1 71-72

  • Sleep · 1: Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome: definitions, epidemiology, and natural history

    • J R Stradling,
    • R J O Davies
    Thorax 2004;59:1 73-78 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.007161

Case Report

  • Multidrug resistant tuberculosis following lung transplantation: treatment with pulmonary resection

    • D Shitrit,
    • D Bendayan,
    • M Saute,
    • M R Kramer
    Thorax 2004;59:1 79-80

Letters to the editor

  • Is there an association between impaired pulmonary function and mortality in never smokers?

    • H Schünemann
    Thorax 2004;59:1 81

  • Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 polymorphisms and COPD

    • I Sabroe,
    • M K B Whyte,
    • A G Wilson,
    • S K Dower,
    • R Hubbard,
    • I Hall
    Thorax 2004;59:1 81

  • British guidelines on the management of asthma

    • K Clancy
    1. Commentator:
      • B G Higgins,
      • J G Douglas,
      • and N Barnes
    Thorax 2004;59:1 81-82

  • Peak flow meters still useful but require consistency rather than accuracy

    • C K Connolly
    1. Commentator:
      • V Brusasco
    Thorax 2004;59:1 82-83

  • Pneumocystis pneumonia in humans is caused by P jiroveci not P carinii

    • R Miller
    1. Commentator:
      • R J Boyton,
      • D M Mitchell,
      • and O M Kan
    Thorax 2004;59:1 83-84

  • Adenocarcinoma of lung presenting with dysgeusia

    • S Karthik,
    • R Roop,
    • N K Mediratta
    Thorax 2004;59:1 84 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.001479

Reviewers

  • Thorax 2004;59:1 85

Images in Thorax

  • Pulmonary artery aneurysm and tuberous sclerosis

    • N J Burrows,
    • S R Johnson
    Thorax 2004;59:1 86 doi:10.1136/thx.2003.016634

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