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August 2007, Volume 62, Issue 8

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  1. Editorials
  2. Airwaves
  3. Editorial
  4. Tuberculosis
  5. Miscellanea
  6. Asthma
  7. Lung cancer
  8. Pulmonary puzzle
  9. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  10. Smoking
  11. Acute lung injury
  12. Review series
  13. Review
  14. Case Report
  15. Letters
  16. Correction
  17. Images in Thorax
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Editorials

  • Linking ventilation heterogeneity and airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma

    • Jose Venegas
    Thorax 2007;62:8 653-654 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073239

  • Evolution and science, progress and change

    • Frank C Detterbeck
    Thorax 2007;62:8 654-655 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077594

  • Diagnosing primary ciliary dyskinesia

    • Christopher O’Callaghan,
    • Mark Chilvers,
    • Claire Hogg,
    • Andrew Bush,
    • Jane Lucas
    Thorax 2007;62:8 656-657 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.083147

Airwaves

Editorial

  • Biomarkers in COPD: time for a deep breath

    • R A Stockley
    Thorax 2007;62:8 657-660 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.084228

Tuberculosis

  • Isolation prevalence of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria in Ontario, 1997–2003

    • Theodore K Marras,
    • Pamela Chedore,
    • Alicia M Ying,
    • Frances Jamieson
    Thorax 2007;62:8 661-666 Published Online First: 20 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070797

  • Tuberculosis in London: the importance of homelessness, problem drug use and prison

    • A Story,
    • S Murad,
    • W Roberts,
    • M Verheyen,
    • A C Hayward
    Thorax 2007;62:8 667-671 Published Online First: 8 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.065409

  • The growing impact of HIV infection on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in England and Wales: 1999–2003

    • Aliko B Ahmed,
    • Ibrahim Abubakar,
    • Valerie Delpech,
    • Marc Lipman,
    • Delia Boccia,
    • Josh Forde,
    • Delphine Antoine,
    • John M Watson
    Thorax 2007;62:8 672-676 Published Online First: 20 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.072611

Miscellanea

  • A pleural mass with pulmonary infiltrates

    • C J Ryerson,
    • S Malhotra,
    • S Lam,
    • J C English,
    • D N Ionescu
    Thorax 2007;62:8 666 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.084806

  • Smoking cessation may improve the microbial flora profile

    • S J Mehta
    Thorax 2007;62:8 676

  • Bronchoscopy in haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients may not be beneficial

    • Lydia R J Eccersley
    Thorax 2007;62:8 683

  • COPD and MI: a bad combination

    • Nabil M Al Lawati
    Thorax 2007;62:8 701

  • Suggested person-to-person transmission of Mycobacterium bovis

    • Asha Garg
    Thorax 2007;62:8 739-740

Asthma

  • Protective effect of fruits, vegetables and the Mediterranean diet on asthma and allergies among children in Crete

    • Leda Chatzi,
    • Gianna Apostolaki,
    • Ioannis Bibakis,
    • Isabel Skypala,
    • Vasilki Bibaki-Liakou,
    • Nikolaos Tzanakis,
    • Manolis Kogevinas,
    • Paul Cullinan
    Thorax 2007;62:8 677-683 Published Online First: 5 April 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.069419

  • Ventilation heterogeneity is a major determinant of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma, independent of airway inflammation

    • Sue R Downie,
    • Cheryl M Salome,
    • Sylvia Verbanck,
    • Bruce Thompson,
    • Norbert Berend,
    • Gregory G King
    Thorax 2007;62:8 684-689 Published Online First: 20 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.069682

Lung cancer

  • Preliminary data suggestive of a novel translational approach to mesothelioma treatment: imatinib mesylate with gemcitabine or pemetrexed

    • Pietro Bertino,
    • Camillo Porta,
    • Dario Barbone,
    • Serena Germano,
    • Sara Busacca,
    • Sabrina Pinato,
    • Giancarlo Tassi,
    • Roberto Favoni,
    • Giovanni Gaudino,
    • Luciano Mutti
    Thorax 2007;62:8 690-695 Published Online First: 20 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.069872

  • Integrated FDG-PET/CT does not make invasive staging of the intrathoracic lymph nodes in non-small cell lung cancer redundant: a prospective study

    • K G Tournoy,
    • S Maddens,
    • R Gosselin,
    • G Van Maele,
    • J P van Meerbeeck,
    • A Kelles
    Thorax 2007;62:8 696-701 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.072959

Pulmonary puzzle

  • PULMONARY PUZZLE

    Thorax 2007;62:8 695 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.084806a

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Short burst oxygen therapy after activities of daily living in the home in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • S J Quantrill,
    • R White,
    • A Crawford,
    • J S Barry,
    • S Batra,
    • P Whyte,
    • C M Roberts
    Thorax 2007;62:8 702-705 Published Online First: 20 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.063636

  • Effect of an MMP-9/MMP-12 inhibitor on smoke-induced emphysema and airway remodelling in guinea pigs

    • Andrew Churg,
    • Rona Wang,
    • Xiaoshan Wang,
    • Per-Ola Onnervik,
    • Kerstin Thim,
    • Joanne L Wright
    Thorax 2007;62:8 706-713 Published Online First: 20 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.068353

Smoking

  • Association of maternal smoking with increased infant oxidative stress at 3 months of age

    • Paul S Noakes,
    • Richard Thomas,
    • Catherine Lane,
    • Trevor A Mori,
    • Anne E Barden,
    • Sunalene G Devadason,
    • Susan L Prescott
    Thorax 2007;62:8 714-717 Published Online First: 13 March 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.061630

Acute lung injury

  • Genotypes and haplotypes of the VEGF gene are associated with higher mortality and lower VEGF plasma levels in patients with ARDS

    • R Zhai,
    • M N Gong,
    • W Zhou,
    • T B Thompson,
    • P Kraft,
    • L Su,
    • D C Christiani
    Thorax 2007;62:8 718-722 Published Online First: 8 February 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.069393

Review series

  • Exacerbations in cystic fibrosis: 2 · Prevention

    • Scott C Bell,
    • Philip J Robinson
    Thorax 2007;62:8 723-732 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.060897

Review

  • Pathological networking: a new approach to understanding COPD

    • Ian Sabroe,
    • Lisa C Parker,
    • Peter M A Calverley,
    • Steven K Dower,
    • Moira K B Whyte
    Thorax 2007;62:8 733-738 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077768

Case Report

  • Fatal pulmonary Mycobacterium xenopi in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept

    • Nimrod Maimon,
    • James Brunton,
    • Adrienne K Chan,
    • Theodore K Marras
    Thorax 2007;62:8 739-740 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.056952

Letters

  • Measuring peak flow enhances adherence to monitoring in asthma

    • Cassandra A Slader,
    • Elena G Belousova,
    • Helen K Reddel
    Thorax 2007;62:8 741-742 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073395

  • Assessing the efficacy of spirometry for smoking cessation

    • D Kotz,
    • C P van Schayck,
    • M J H Huibers,
    • G J Wesseling
    1. Commentator:
      • Michal Bednarek,
      • Dorota Gorecka,
      • and Jan Zielinski
    Thorax 2007;62:8 742

  • Spirometric screening for COPD: wishful thinking, not evidence

    • Patrick White
    1. Commentator:
      • Michal Bednarek,
      • Dorota Gorecka,
      • and Jan Zielinski
    Thorax 2007;62:8 742-743

Correction

  • CORRECTION

    Thorax 2007;62:8 743 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.051961corr1

Images in Thorax

  • MRI features of pleural endometriosis after catamenial haemothorax

    • Giulia Picozzi,
    • Davide Beccani,
    • Florio Innocenti,
    • Michela Grazzini,
    • Mario Mascalchi
    Thorax 2007;62:8 744 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071415

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