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Research Article

• The role of high resolution computed tomography in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. (1 February, 1991)

  D M Hansell, I H Kerr
• Predictors and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea and snoring in 1001 middle aged men. (1 February, 1991)

  J R Stradling, J H Crosby
• Plasma tumour necrosis factor alpha in cystic fibrosis. (1 February, 1991)

  D Norman, J S Elborn, S M Cordon, R J Rayner, M S Wiseman, E J Hiller, D J Shale
• Tuberculous pleural effusions: increased culture yield with bedside inoculation of pleural fluid and poor diagnostic value of adenosine deaminase. (1 February, 1991)

  G Maartens, E D Bateman
• Exercise response in 404 young men with asthma: no evidence for a late asthmatic reaction. (1 February, 1991)

  J Karjalainen
• Prescribed fenoterol and death from asthma in New Zealand, 1981-7: a further case-control study. (1 February, 1991)

  J Grainger, K Woodman, N Pearce, J Crane, C Burgess, A Keane, R Beasley
• The impact of quitting smoking on symptoms of chronic bronchitis: results of the Scottish Heart Health Study. (1 February, 1991)

  C A Brown, I K Crombie, W C Smith, H Tunstall-Pedoe
• Structure of a human pulmonary acinus. (1 February, 1991)

  N Berend, A C Rynell, H E Ward
• Effect of terbutaline on bronchoconstriction induced by nebulised pentamidine. (1 February, 1991)

  T R Leigh, J Wiggins, B G Gazzard, J V Collins
• Cystic fibrosis. 4. Abnormalities of airway epithelial function and the implications of the discovery of the cystic fibrosis gene. (1 February, 1991)

  A W Cuthbert
• Assisted ventilation. 5. Non-invasive and domiciliary ventilation: negative pressure techniques. (1 February, 1991)

  J M Shneerson
• A video system for investigating breathing disorders during sleep. (1 February, 1991)

  C J Griffiths, B G Cooper, G J Gibson
• Flexible bronchoscopy via the laryngeal mask: a new technique. (1 February, 1991)

  C J McNamee, B Meyns, K M Pagliero
• Iron lung: bronchoscopic and pathological consequences of aspiration of ferrous sulphate. (1 February, 1991)

  D J Godden, K M Kerr, S J Watt, J S Legge
• Use of the Denver pleuroperitoneal shunt in the treatment of chylothorax secondary to filariasis. (1 February, 1991)

  N D Kitchen, D B Hocken, R M Greenhalgh, D K Kaplan
• Peripheral pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma with substantial submucosal extension to the proximal bronchus. (1 February, 1991)

  H Inoue, A Iwashita, H Kanegae, K Higuchi, Y Fujinaga, I Matsumoto
• Trends in respiratory mortality in England and Wales. (1 February, 1991)

  D Strachan
• Pericardial effusion after open heart surgery. (1 February, 1991)

  I A D'Cruz, G M Pai
• Bronchoscopic cryotherapy for advanced bronchial carcinoma. (1 February, 1991)

  P J George, R M Rudd
• Tests giving an aetiological diagnosis in pulmonary disease in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. (1 February, 1991)

  C M Parry, H M Evans, N J Beeching
• Alveolar partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen measured by a helium washout technique. (1 February, 1991)

  E A Harris
• The biphasic spirogram: a clue to unilateral narrowing of a mainstem bronchus. (1 February, 1991)
• Jet and ultrasonic nebuliser output: use of a new method for direct measurement of aerosol output. (1 February, 1991)

  R D Hamilton, A Guz