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Research Article

• Why study the epidemiology of asthma? (1 June, 1988)

  P Burney
• Epidemiological study of farmer's lung in five districts of the French Doubs province. (1 June, 1988)

  A Depierre, J C Dalphin, D Pernet, A Dubiez, C Faucompré, J L Breton
• Lung function abnormalities in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus with and without overt pneumonitis. (1 June, 1988)

  R J Shaw, C Roussak, S M Forster, J R Harris, A J Pinching, D M Mitchell
• Computed tomographic staging of anterior mediastinal neoplasms. (1 June, 1988)

  E A Rendina, F Venuta, L Ceroni, M Martelli, G Gualdi, M Caterino, C Ricci
• Comparison of the efficacy of preservative free ipratropium bromide and Atrovent nebuliser solution. (1 June, 1988)

  P Rafferty, R Beasley, S T Holgate
• Propranolol inhalation challenge in relation to histamine response in children with asthma. (1 June, 1988)

  J Gerritsen, G H Koëter, L T Vander Weele, K Knol
• Relation of perceived nasal and bronchial hyperresponsiveness to FEV1, basophil counts, and methacholine response. (1 June, 1988)

  F Kauffmann, F Neukirch, I Annesi, M Korobaeff, M F Doré, J Lellouch
• Peripheral leucocyte count and longitudinal decline in lung function. (1 June, 1988)

  M Chan-Yeung, R Abboud, A D Buncio, S Vedal
• Forced expiratory indices in normal Libyan children aged 6-19 years. (1 June, 1988)

  M H Shamssain, J Thompson, S A Ogston
• Suppression associated lymphocyte markers in lesions of sarcoidosis. (1 June, 1988)

  C S Munro, D A Campbell, R M Du Bois, D N Mitchell, P J Cole, L W Poulter
• Use of mortality rates and Hospital Activity Analysis as performance indicators of consultant staffing in thoracic medicine in Wales. (1 June, 1988)

  P D Davies
• Diaphragm weakness in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. (1 June, 1988)

  C M Laroche, N Carroll, J Moxham, N N Stanley, R J Evans, M Green
• Efficacy of "mucoregulatory" agents in Young's syndrome. (1 June, 1988)

  D C Currie, M Greenstone, D Pavia, J E Agnew, P Pellow, S W Clarke, W F Hendry, P J Cole
• Cardiac tamponade due to pneumopericardium. (1 June, 1988)

  S L Johnston, R M Oliver
• An unusual cause of massive pleural effusion in pregnancy. (1 June, 1988)

  C A Wolfe, M W Peterson
• Pulmonary pseudotumour due to Corynebacterium equi in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (1 June, 1988)

  G A Bishopric, M F d'Agay, B Schlemmer, E Sarfati, C Brocheriou
• Pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii infection successfully treated with a regimen containing erythromycin. (1 June, 1988)

  P J Guest, M G Britton, H C Grundy, M D Yates
• Carinal resection for stenotic tuberculous tracheitis. (1 June, 1988)

  R Natkunam, C Y Tse, B H Ong, P Sriragavan
• Atraumatic suppurative mediastinitis and purulent pericarditis due to Eikenella corrodens. (1 June, 1988)

  C C Hardy, S N Raza, B Isalska, P V Barber
• Spontaneous pneumothorax due to metastatic carcinoma of the rectum. (1 June, 1988)

  P E Bearn, O J Lau
• Primary B cell malignant lymphoma of the trachea. (1 June, 1988)

  J Wiggins, E Sheffield, M Green
• Intravascular missile: apparent retrograde course from the left ventricle. (1 June, 1988)

  R K Lamb, A Pawade, A L Prior
• Occupational asthma due to sodium iso-nonanoyl oxybenzene sulphonate, a newly developed detergent ingredient. (1 June, 1988)

  D J Hendrick, M J Connolly, S C Stenton, A G Bird, I S Winterton, E H Walters
• Lipoprotein macroaggregates in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease. (1 June, 1988)

  C Meban