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Airwaves

	Airwaves Wisia Wedzicha, Editor-in- Thorax 2008; 63: 95. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Is inflammation good, bad or irrelevant for skeletal muscles in COPD? Don D Sin and W Darlene Reid Thorax 2008; 63: 95-96. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.088575 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Lung clearance index in CF: a sensitive marker of lung disease severity Jane C Davies, Steve Cunningham, Eric W F W Alton, and J A Innes Thorax 2008; 63: 96-97. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082768 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Ventilation inhomogeneities assessed by the multibreath washout (MBW) technique Philipp Latzin, Cindy Thamrin, and Richard Kraemer Thorax 2008; 63: 98-99. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.085332 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in Thorax

	Multifocal pneumocyte hyperplasia in tuberous sclerosis A M Nagar, H Seong Teh, R Nee Khoo, A C Morani, K Vrishni, and J Raghuram Thorax 2008; 63: 186. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.076604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Asthma

	Recombinant human deoxyribonuclease for the treatment of acute asthma in children R Boogaard, F Smit, R Schornagel, A A P H Vaessen-Verberne, J M Kouwenberg, M Hekkelaan, T Hendriks, S W W Feith, W C J Hop, J C de Jongste, and P J F M Merkus Thorax 2008; 63: 141-146. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 3 August 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.081703

Paediatrics

	Heightened bronchial hyperresponsiveness in the absence of heightened atopy in children with current wheezing and low income status J Mallol, J A Castro-Rodriguez, E Cortez, V Aguirre, P Aguilar, and L Barrueto Thorax 2008; 63: 167-171. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 September 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.063180

Respiratory infection

Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of HIV-infected patients J F Huggett, M S Taylor, G Kocjan, H E Evans, S Morris-Jones, V Gant, T Novak, A M Costello, A Zumla, and R F Miller Thorax 2008; 63: 154-159. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 10 August 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.081687

Environmental exposure

	Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and sensitisation in children E Lannerö, M Wickman, M van Hage, A Bergström, G Pershagen, and L Nordvall Thorax 2008; 63: 172-176. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 18 December 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.079053

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

	Cytokine profile in quadriceps muscles of patients with severe COPD E Barreiro, A M W J Schols, M I Polkey, J B Galdiz, H R Gosker, E B Swallow, C Coronell, J Gea on behalf of the ENIGMA in COPD project Thorax 2008; 63: 100-107. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 17 September 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.078030
	Bronchial mucosal dendritic cells in smokers and ex-smokers with COPD: an electron microscopic study A V Rogers, E Ädelroth, K Hattotuwa, A Dewar, and P K Jeffery Thorax 2008; 63: 108-114. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 17 September 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.078253
	Assessing the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on functional status in COPD L Laviolette, J Bourbeau, S Bernard, Y Lacasse, V Pepin, M-J Breton, M Baltzan, M Rouleau, and F Maltais Thorax 2008; 63: 115-121. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 September 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.076844
	Counting, analysing and reporting exacerbations of COPD in randomised controlled trials S D Aaron, D Fergusson, G B Marks, S Suissa, K L Vandemheen, S Doucette, F Maltais, J F Bourbeau, R S Goldstein, M Balter, D O’Donnell, M FitzGerald for the Canadian Thoracic Society/Canadian Respiratory Clinical Research Consortium Thorax 2008; 63: 122-128. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 16 August 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082636

Lung cancer

	The epidemiology and treatment of mesothelioma in South East England 1985–2002 V Mak, E Davies, V Putcha, B Choodari-Oskooei, and H Møller Thorax 2008; 63: 160-166. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 3 August 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066886

Acute lung injury

	Protection from experimental ventilator-induced acute lung injury by IL-1 receptor blockade J A Frank, J-F Pittet, C Wray, and M A Matthay Thorax 2008; 63: 147-153. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 September 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.079608

Cystic fibrosis

	Multiple-breath inert gas washout and spirometry versus structural lung disease in cystic fibrosis P M Gustafsson, P A De Jong, H A W M Tiddens, and A Lindblad Thorax 2008; 63: 129-134. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 3 August 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077784
	Lung clearance index is a sensitive, repeatable and practical measure of airways disease in adults with cystic fibrosis A R Horsley, P M Gustafsson, K A Macleod, C Saunders, A P Greening, D J Porteous, J C Davies, S Cunningham, E W F W Alton, and J A Innes Thorax 2008; 63: 135-140. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 3 August 2007. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082628

Review series

	Exacerbations in cystic fibrosis: 3 · Management A Smyth and J S Elborn Thorax 2008; 63: 180-184. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.060905 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case report

	Syndrome of pleural and retrosternal "bridging" fibrosis and retroperitoneal fibrosis in patients with asbestos exposure V Cottin, P-Y Brillet, F Combarnous, F Duperron, H Nunes, and J-F Cordier Thorax 2008; 63: 177-179. doi:10.1136/thx.200X.081646 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PostScript

	Eosinophil cationic protein is not only a distinctive eosinophil proteinAuthors’ reply J Monteseirín and A Vega Thorax 2008; 63: 185. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.088807 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Authors’ reply Y Qiu and P K Jeffery Thorax 2008; 63: 185. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellaneous

	Role for Major Vault Protein in the innate immunity of respiratory epithelium D Jenkins Thorax 2008; 63: 107. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Neuropilin 1 is important in NSCLC Tim Jones Thorax 2008; 63: 121. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A hint of calcium S Faruqi, R Regester, M Thirumaran, and S Williams Thorax 2008; 63: 128. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.088237 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A new treatment proposed for lung transplant rejection Ghassan El-Sayed Thorax 2008; 63: 134. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Extracellular ATP in asthma airway inflammation D Parekh Thorax 2008; 63: 140. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Smoking-induced emphysema is an autoimmune process Chuan-Gee Choo Thorax 2008; 63: 146. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	ANSWER Thorax 2008; 63: 153. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.088237a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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