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November 2001 (Volume 56, Number 11). [Index by author]

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Editorials

Flying and cystic fibrosis: getting there and back safely
A K WEBB
Thorax 2001; 56: 821-822. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rapid communications

Rapid dendritic cell recruitment to the bronchial mucosa of patients with atopic asthma in response to local allergen challenge
F L Jahnsen, E D Moloney, T Hogan, J W Upham, C M Burke, and P G Holt
Thorax 2001; 56: 823-826. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.823 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BTS statement

Pulmonary rehabilitation
British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Subcommittee on Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Thorax 2001; 56: 827-834. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.827 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Relation of body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III
E von Mutius, J Schwartz, L M Neas, D Dockery, and S T Weiss
Thorax 2001; 56: 835-838. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.835 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Body mass, fat percentage, and fat free mass as reference variables for lung function: effects on terms for age and sex
J E Cotes, D J Chinn, and J W Reed
Thorax 2001; 56: 839-844. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.839 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Can the increase in body mass index explain the rising trend in asthma in children?
S Chinn and R J Rona
Thorax 2001; 56: 845-850. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.845 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Influence of age and disease severity on high resolution CT lung densitometry in asthma
F Mitsunobu, T Mifune, K Ashida, Y Hosaki, H Tsugeno, M Okamoto, S Harada, S Takata, and Y Tanizaki
Thorax 2001; 56: 851-856. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.851 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Exhaled nitric oxide levels in non-allergic and allergic mono- or polysensitised children with asthma
M Silvestri, F Sabatini, D Spallarossa, L Fregonese, E Battistini, M G Biraghi, and G A Rossi
Thorax 2001; 56: 857-862. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.857 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Association of IL-1 $beta$ and IL-1 receptor antagonist haplotypes with rate of decline in lung function in smokers
L Joos, L McIntyre, J Ruan, J E Connett, N R Anthonisen, T D Weir, P D Paré, and A J Sandford
Thorax 2001; 56: 863-866. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.863 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria
J Joseph, P Badrinath, G S Basran, and S A Sahn
Thorax 2001; 56: 867-870. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.867 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Function and inhibition sensitivity of the N-terminal segment of surfactant protein B (SP-B1-25) in preterm rabbits
M Gupta, J M Hernandez-Juviel, A J Waring, and F J Walther
Thorax 2001; 56: 871-876. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.871 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short papers

Predicting hypoxaemia during flights in children with cystic fibrosis
R M Buchdahl, A Babiker, A Bush, and D Cramer
Thorax 2001; 56: 877-879. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.877 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Occasional reviews

Health status measurement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
P W Jones
Thorax 2001; 56: 880-887. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.880 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension
N Rudarakanchana, R C Trembath, and N W Morrell
Thorax 2001; 56: 888-890. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.888 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

X-linked dyskeratosis congenita: restrictive pulmonary disease and a novel mutation
W F Safa, G G Lestringant, and P M Frossard
Thorax 2001; 56: 891-894. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.891 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

Different subgroups of difficult asthma in children
H GRASEMANN, F RATJEN, D PAYNE, and A BUSH
Thorax 2001; 56: 895. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shuttle walking test
S DOFFMAN, P HAWKINS, S BOOTH, and L ADAMS
Thorax 2001; 56: 895-896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.895a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sodium cromoglycate in asthma
H K REDDEL and C R JENKINS
Thorax 2001; 56: 896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.896 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Asthma and breast feeding
D OBERLE, R VON KRIES, and E VON MUTIUS
Thorax 2001; 56: 896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.896a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Acute lower respiratory tract illness
M THOMAS
Thorax 2001; 56: 896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.896b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TB at the end of the 20th century
P D O DAVIES, A M C ROSE, and J M WATSON
Thorax 2001; 56: 897. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.897 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Prenatal risk factors of wheezing at the age of four years in Tanzania
B J BRABIN, S RIZWAN, J SUNYER, and C MENÉNDEZ
Thorax 2001; 56: 897. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.897a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Severe life threatening asthma
CANSIN SAÇKESEN, BÜLENT SEKEREL, and J KOLBE
Thorax 2001; 56: 897-898. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.897b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Gastro-oesophageal reflux and asthma
S K FIELD, L R SUTHERLAND, and P GIBSON
Thorax 2001; 56: 898. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.898 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Thorax.
Thorax 2001; 56: 898. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.898a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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	Flying and cystic fibrosis: getting there and back safely A K WEBB Thorax 2001; 56: 821-822. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rapid dendritic cell recruitment to the bronchial mucosa of patients with atopic asthma in response to local allergen challenge F L Jahnsen, E D Moloney, T Hogan, J W Upham, C M Burke, and P G Holt Thorax 2001; 56: 823-826. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.823 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary rehabilitation British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Subcommittee on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Thorax 2001; 56: 827-834. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.827 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relation of body mass index to asthma and atopy in children: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III E von Mutius, J Schwartz, L M Neas, D Dockery, and S T Weiss Thorax 2001; 56: 835-838. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.835 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Body mass, fat percentage, and fat free mass as reference variables for lung function: effects on terms for age and sex J E Cotes, D J Chinn, and J W Reed Thorax 2001; 56: 839-844. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.839 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can the increase in body mass index explain the rising trend in asthma in children? S Chinn and R J Rona Thorax 2001; 56: 845-850. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.845 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of age and disease severity on high resolution CT lung densitometry in asthma F Mitsunobu, T Mifune, K Ashida, Y Hosaki, H Tsugeno, M Okamoto, S Harada, S Takata, and Y Tanizaki Thorax 2001; 56: 851-856. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.851 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Exhaled nitric oxide levels in non-allergic and allergic mono- or polysensitised children with asthma M Silvestri, F Sabatini, D Spallarossa, L Fregonese, E Battistini, M G Biraghi, and G A Rossi Thorax 2001; 56: 857-862. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.857 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Association of IL-1 $beta$ and IL-1 receptor antagonist haplotypes with rate of decline in lung function in smokers L Joos, L McIntyre, J Ruan, J E Connett, N R Anthonisen, T D Weir, P D Paré, and A J Sandford Thorax 2001; 56: 863-866. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.863 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria J Joseph, P Badrinath, G S Basran, and S A Sahn Thorax 2001; 56: 867-870. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.867 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Function and inhibition sensitivity of the N-terminal segment of surfactant protein B (SP-B1-25) in preterm rabbits M Gupta, J M Hernandez-Juviel, A J Waring, and F J Walther Thorax 2001; 56: 871-876. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.871 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting hypoxaemia during flights in children with cystic fibrosis R M Buchdahl, A Babiker, A Bush, and D Cramer Thorax 2001; 56: 877-879. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.877 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health status measurement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease P W Jones Thorax 2001; 56: 880-887. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.880 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension N Rudarakanchana, R C Trembath, and N W Morrell Thorax 2001; 56: 888-890. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.888 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	X-linked dyskeratosis congenita: restrictive pulmonary disease and a novel mutation W F Safa, G G Lestringant, and P M Frossard Thorax 2001; 56: 891-894. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.891 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Different subgroups of difficult asthma in children H GRASEMANN, F RATJEN, D PAYNE, and A BUSH Thorax 2001; 56: 895. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Shuttle walking test S DOFFMAN, P HAWKINS, S BOOTH, and L ADAMS Thorax 2001; 56: 895-896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.895a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sodium cromoglycate in asthma H K REDDEL and C R JENKINS Thorax 2001; 56: 896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.896 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma and breast feeding D OBERLE, R VON KRIES, and E VON MUTIUS Thorax 2001; 56: 896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.896a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acute lower respiratory tract illness M THOMAS Thorax 2001; 56: 896. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.896b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TB at the end of the 20th century P D O DAVIES, A M C ROSE, and J M WATSON Thorax 2001; 56: 897. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.897 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prenatal risk factors of wheezing at the age of four years in Tanzania B J BRABIN, S RIZWAN, J SUNYER, and C MENÉNDEZ Thorax 2001; 56: 897. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.897a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Severe life threatening asthma CANSIN SAÇKESEN, BÜLENT SEKEREL, and J KOLBE Thorax 2001; 56: 897-898. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.897b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gastro-oesophageal reflux and asthma S K FIELD, L R SUTHERLAND, and P GIBSON Thorax 2001; 56: 898. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.898 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Thorax. Thorax 2001; 56: 898. doi:10.1136/thorax.56.11.898a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]