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July 1998 (Volume 53, Number 7). [Index by author]

	(Expand the cover)	Editorials Occasional notes BTS guidelines Original articles Short papers Review series Occasional reviews Case reports Letters to the editor Book reviews

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Editorials

Regulation of granulocyte apoptosis and implications for anti-inflammatory therapy
E R CHILVERS, A G ROSSI, J MURRAY, and C HASLETT
Thorax 1998; 53: 533-534. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional notes

Lump sum compensation for asbestos related lung disease
TIM WILLIAMS, PIPPA SLADE, and JACK RAEBURN
Thorax 1998; 53: 535. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BTS guidelines

Chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: recommendations 1998
Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society
Thorax 1998; 53: 536-548. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.536 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Birth weight, childhood lower respiratory tract infection, and adult lung function
S O Shaheen, J A C Sterne, J S Tucker, and C du V Florey
Thorax 1998; 53: 549-553. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.549 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cryptococcosis in HIV negative patients: findings on chest radiography
Derek J Roebuck, Dale A Fisher, and Bart J Currie
Thorax 1998; 53: 554-557. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.554 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Risk of non-fatal cardiac failure and ischaemic heart disease with long acting $beta$ ₂ agonists
Richard M Martin, Nicholas R Dunn, Shayne N Freemantle, and Ronald D Mann
Thorax 1998; 53: 558-562. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.558 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effect of inhaled endotoxin on induced sputum in normal, atopic, and atopic asthmatic subjects
Julia A Nightingale, Duncan F Rogers, Lorraine A Hart, Sergei A Kharitonov, K Fan Chung, and Peter J Barnes
Thorax 1998; 53: 563-571. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.563 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effect of exercise induced hypoxaemia on myocardial repolarisation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Robin P Smith, Martin K Johnson, Joan Ashley, Sharon T Rudkin, and Roger J White
Thorax 1998; 53: 572-576. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.572 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Glucocorticoids decrease c-fos expression in human nasal polyps in vivo
James N Baraniuk, Godfrey Wong, Mushtaq Ali, Marybeth Sabol, and Thomas Troost
Thorax 1998; 53: 577-582. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.577 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short papers

Inhaled corticosteroids reduce neutrophilic bronchial inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Marco Confalonieri, Elsa Mainardi, Rossana Della Porta, Sergio Bernorio, Luciano Gandola, Bianca Beghè, and Antonio Spanevello
Thorax 1998; 53: 583-585. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.583 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptides relax human pulmonary arteries by opening of K_ATP and K_Ca channels
Leonhard Bruch, Susann Rubel, Andrea Kästner, Klaus Gellert, Maik Gollasch, and Christian Witt
Thorax 1998; 53: 586-587. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.586 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review series

Genetics and pulmonary medicine $bullet$ 3: Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in human populations
Richard Bellamy
Thorax 1998; 53: 588-593. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional reviews

Iron metabolism in the lower respiratory tract
Fernando Mateos, Jeremy H Brock, and José Luis Pérez-Arellano
Thorax 1998; 53: 594-600. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Role of transcription factors in inflammatory lung diseases
Irfan Rahman and William MacNee
Thorax 1998; 53: 601-612. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.601 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pulmonary neuronal M₂ muscarinic receptor function in asthma and animal models of hyperreactivity
R W Costello, D B Jacoby, and A D Fryer
Thorax 1998; 53: 613-618. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.613 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Commentary
P A Corris
Thorax 1998; 53: 619. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.619 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Single lung transplantation for adult respiratory distress syndrome after paraquat poisoning
Marc Licker, Alexandre Schweizer, Laurent Hohn, Denis R Morel, and Anastase Spiliopoulos
Thorax 1998; 53: 620-621. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.620 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Heart lung transplantation in a patient with end stage lung disease due to common variable immunodeficiency
A T Hill, R A Thompson, J Wallwork, and D E Stableforth
Thorax 1998; 53: 622-623. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.622 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

COPD Guidelines
MATTHEW PERRY;, M G PEARSON, and P M A CALVERLEY
Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

COPD Guidelines
RUPERT JONES
Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Travel by air for patients with COPD
R K SINHA;, M G PEARSON, and P M A CALVERLEY
Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Guidelines on pulmonary embolism
CHRISTOPHER W H DAVIES; and ANDREW MILLER
Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Malignant neoplasms in pulmonary sarcoidosis
JEROME M REICH;, N SEERSHOLM, J VESTBO, and K VISKUM
Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series, Volume 109. Treatment of the Hospitalized Cystic Fibrosis Patient.
Thorax 1998; 53: 626. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.626 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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	Regulation of granulocyte apoptosis and implications for anti-inflammatory therapy E R CHILVERS, A G ROSSI, J MURRAY, and C HASLETT Thorax 1998; 53: 533-534. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lump sum compensation for asbestos related lung disease TIM WILLIAMS, PIPPA SLADE, and JACK RAEBURN Thorax 1998; 53: 535. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: recommendations 1998 Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society Thorax 1998; 53: 536-548. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.536 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Birth weight, childhood lower respiratory tract infection, and adult lung function S O Shaheen, J A C Sterne, J S Tucker, and C du V Florey Thorax 1998; 53: 549-553. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.549 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cryptococcosis in HIV negative patients: findings on chest radiography Derek J Roebuck, Dale A Fisher, and Bart J Currie Thorax 1998; 53: 554-557. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.554 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of non-fatal cardiac failure and ischaemic heart disease with long acting $beta$ ₂ agonists Richard M Martin, Nicholas R Dunn, Shayne N Freemantle, and Ronald D Mann Thorax 1998; 53: 558-562. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.558 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of inhaled endotoxin on induced sputum in normal, atopic, and atopic asthmatic subjects Julia A Nightingale, Duncan F Rogers, Lorraine A Hart, Sergei A Kharitonov, K Fan Chung, and Peter J Barnes Thorax 1998; 53: 563-571. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.563 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of exercise induced hypoxaemia on myocardial repolarisation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Robin P Smith, Martin K Johnson, Joan Ashley, Sharon T Rudkin, and Roger J White Thorax 1998; 53: 572-576. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.572 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	*Glucocorticoids decrease c-fos* expression in human nasal polyps in vivo** James N Baraniuk, Godfrey Wong, Mushtaq Ali, Marybeth Sabol, and Thomas Troost Thorax 1998; 53: 577-582. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.577 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled corticosteroids reduce neutrophilic bronchial inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Marco Confalonieri, Elsa Mainardi, Rossana Della Porta, Sergio Bernorio, Luciano Gandola, Bianca Beghè, and Antonio Spanevello Thorax 1998; 53: 583-585. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.583 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptides relax human pulmonary arteries by opening of K_ATP and K_Ca channels Leonhard Bruch, Susann Rubel, Andrea Kästner, Klaus Gellert, Maik Gollasch, and Christian Witt Thorax 1998; 53: 586-587. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.586 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genetics and pulmonary medicine $bullet$ 3: Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in human populations Richard Bellamy Thorax 1998; 53: 588-593. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iron metabolism in the lower respiratory tract Fernando Mateos, Jeremy H Brock, and José Luis Pérez-Arellano Thorax 1998; 53: 594-600. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of transcription factors in inflammatory lung diseases Irfan Rahman and William MacNee Thorax 1998; 53: 601-612. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.601 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary neuronal M₂ muscarinic receptor function in asthma and animal models of hyperreactivity R W Costello, D B Jacoby, and A D Fryer Thorax 1998; 53: 613-618. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.613 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary P A Corris Thorax 1998; 53: 619. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.619 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Single lung transplantation for adult respiratory distress syndrome after paraquat poisoning Marc Licker, Alexandre Schweizer, Laurent Hohn, Denis R Morel, and Anastase Spiliopoulos Thorax 1998; 53: 620-621. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.620 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Heart lung transplantation in a patient with end stage lung disease due to common variable immunodeficiency A T Hill, R A Thompson, J Wallwork, and D E Stableforth Thorax 1998; 53: 622-623. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.622 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	COPD Guidelines MATTHEW PERRY;, M G PEARSON, and P M A CALVERLEY Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	COPD Guidelines RUPERT JONES Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Travel by air for patients with COPD R K SINHA;, M G PEARSON, and P M A CALVERLEY Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines on pulmonary embolism CHRISTOPHER W H DAVIES; and ANDREW MILLER Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Malignant neoplasms in pulmonary sarcoidosis JEROME M REICH;, N SEERSHOLM, J VESTBO, and K VISKUM Thorax 1998; 53: 624. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.624d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series, Volume 109. Treatment of the Hospitalized Cystic Fibrosis Patient. Thorax 1998; 53: 626. doi:10.1136/thx.53.7.626 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]