Airwaves:

Airwaves

Wisia Wedzicha

Thorax 2009; 64: i.

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Editorials:

Tackling asthma phenotypes in community studies

Peter G Gibson

Thorax 2009; 64: 369-370. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.109710

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The art of replication

Michael Kabesch

Thorax 2009; 64: 370-371. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105197

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Change in smoking status after low-dose spiral chest CT screening for lung cancer: opportunity for smoking intervention

Matthew M Clark and James R Jett

Thorax 2009; 64: 371-372. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.111039

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Sex, cough and (digital) audiotape

Peter V Dicpinigaitis

Thorax 2009; 64: 372-373. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.111021

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Images in Thorax:

New diagnosis and subsequent post-partum radiological improvement of lymphangioleiomyomatosis

G Hagan and P Lawford

Thorax 2009; 64: 460. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103911

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Asthma:

Heterogeneity of asthma according to blood inflammatory patterns

R Nadif, V Siroux, M-P Oryszczyn, C Ravault, C Pison, I Pin, F Kauffmann on behalf of the Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA)

Thorax 2009; 64: 374-380.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103069

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Positionally cloned asthma susceptibility gene polymorphisms and disease risk in the British 1958 Birth Cohort

J D Blakey, I Sayers, S M Ring, D P Strachan, and I P Hall

Thorax 2009; 64: 381-387.
Published Online First: 22 February 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102053

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Respiratory infection:

Respiratory viruses in bronchoalveolar lavage: a hospital-based cohort study in adults

J Garbino, P M Soccal, J-D Aubert, T Rochat, P Meylan, Y Thomas, C Tapparel, P-O Bridevaux, and L Kaiser

Thorax 2009; 64: 399-404.
Published Online First: 27 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105155

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Ultrasound measurement of rectus femoris cross-sectional area and the relationship with quadriceps strength in COPD

J M Seymour, K Ward, P S Sidhu, Z Puthucheary, J Steier, C J Jolley, G Rafferty, M I Polkey, and J Moxham

Thorax 2009; 64: 418-423.
Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103986

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Low-dose theophylline enhances the anti-inflammatory effects of steroids during exacerbations of COPD

B G Cosio, A Iglesias, A Rios, A Noguera, E Sala, K Ito, P J Barnes, and A Agusti

Thorax 2009; 64: 424-429.
Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103432

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Lung cancer:

Effect of CT screening on smoking habits at 1-year follow-up in the Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial (DLCST)

H Ashraf, P Tønnesen, J Holst Pedersen, A Dirksen, H Thorsen, and M Døssing

Thorax 2009; 64: 388-392.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102475

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Lung transplantation:

Bronchial epithelial cells cultured from clinically stable lung allograft patients promote the development of macrophages from monocytes rather than dendritic cells

C Ward, K Eger, J Diboll, D Jones, M A Haniffa, M Brodlie, A Fisher, J L Lordan, P A Corris, and C M U Hilkens

Thorax 2009; 64: 430-435.
Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.104067

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Sarcoidosis:

Does CT scanning predict the likelihood of a positive transbronchial biopsy in sarcoidosis?

S de Boer, D G Milne, I Zeng, and M L Wilsher

Thorax 2009; 64: 436-439.
Published Online First: 12 February 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105031

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Paediatric lung disease:

Neonatal bronchopulmonary dysplasia predicts abnormal pulmonary HRCT scans in long-term survivors of extreme preterm birth

S M Aukland, K Rosendahl, C M Owens, K R Fosse, G E Eide, and T Halvorsen

Thorax 2009; 64: 405-410.
Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103739

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Dietary patterns in pregnancy and respiratory and atopic outcomes in childhood

S O Shaheen, K Northstone, R B Newson, P M Emmett, A Sherriff, and A J Henderson

Thorax 2009; 64: 411-417.
Published Online First: 12 February 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.104703

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Cough:

Sex differences and predictors of objective cough frequency in chronic cough

A Kelsall, S Decalmer, K McGuinness, A Woodcock, and J A Smith

Thorax 2009; 64: 393-398.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.106237

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Reviews:

The airway vasculature: recent advances and clinical implications

P Paredi and P J Barnes

Thorax 2009; 64: 444-450. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100032

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Retinoid induction of alveolar regeneration: from mice to man?

M Hind, Å Gilthorpe, S Stinchcombe, and M Maden

Thorax 2009; 64: 451-457. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105437

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Case report:

Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in association with bone marrow hypoplasia and hepatic nodular regenerative hyperplasia: a new "trimorphic" syndrome

A Talbot-Smith, W-K Syn, G MacQuillan, D Neil, E Elias, and P Ryan

Thorax 2009; 64: 440-443. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099796

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PostScript:

Quantifying physical activity in COPD: different measures for different purposes

D Langer, F Pitta, T Troosters, C Burtin, M Decramer, and R Gosselink

Thorax 2009; 64: 458.

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Authors’ reply

P P Walker, A Burnett, P W Flavahan, and P M A Calverley

Thorax 2009; 64: 458-459.

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Non-atopic persistent asthma in children

G Longo, E Panontin, and G Ventura

Thorax 2009; 64: 459.

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Authors’ reply

J Henderson, R Granell, and J Sterne

Thorax 2009; 64: 459.

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CORRECTION

Thorax 2009; 64: 459. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.084814corr1

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Miscellanea:

Pseudomonas: is chronic infection behind acute exacerbations in COPD?

K Lindsay

Thorax 2009; 64: 373.

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Bilateral pneumothoraces, cystic lung disease and papular skin lesions in a young man

A R Haas and K L Nathanson

Thorax 2009; 64: 398. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102095

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Long-term effects of tiotropium in COPD

N Pareek

Thorax 2009; 64: 410.

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Detection of pulmonary scarring by chest radiography and lung cancer risk

S Adejumo

Thorax 2009; 64: 423.

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ANSWERS

Thorax 2009; 64: 457. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102095a

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