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Research Article

• New perspectives in Wegener's granulomatosis. (1 February, 1993)

  R B Dreisin
• Nocturnal asthma. (1 February, 1993)

  N J Douglas
• Mediator and cytokine mechanisms in asthma. (1 February, 1993)

  S Holgate
• Physiological effect of endobronchial radiotherapy in patients with major airway occlusion by carcinoma. (1 February, 1993)

  J M Goldman, A S Bulman, A J Rathmell, B M Carey, M F Muers, C A Joslin
• Diagnostic rigid and flexible oesophagoscopy in carcinoma of the oesophagus: a comparison. (1 February, 1993)

  A J Ritchie, J McGuigan, K McManus, H M Stevenson, J R Gibbons
• Influence of smoking habits on change in carbon monoxide transfer factor over 10 years in middle aged men. (1 February, 1993)

  A Watson, H Joyce, L Hopper, N B Pride
• Arousal responses to added inspiratory resistance during REM and non-REM sleep in normal subjects. (1 February, 1993)

  M Gugger, S Bögershausen, L Schäffler
• Effect of an oral potassium channel activator, BRL 38227, on airway function and responsiveness in asthmatic patients: comparison with oral salbutamol. (1 February, 1993)

  J C Kidney, R W Fuller, Y M Worsdell, E A Lavender, K F Chung, P J Barnes
• Regular inhaled beta agonist in asthma: effects on exacerbations and lung function. (1 February, 1993)

  D R Taylor, M R Sears, G P Herbison, E M Flannery, C G Print, D C Lake, D M Yates, M K Lucas, Q Li
• Total population survey of the frequency and severity of asthma in 17 year old boys in an urban area in Israel. (1 February, 1993)

  I Auerbach, C Springer, S Godfrey
• Relation of the hypertonic saline responsiveness of the airways to exercise induced asthma symptom severity and to histamine or methacholine reactivity. (1 February, 1993)

  H K Makker, S T Holgate
• Twelve month comparison of salmeterol and salbutamol as dry powder formulations in asthmatic patients. European Study Group. (1 February, 1993)

  B Lundback, D W Rawlinson, J B Palmer
• Pulmonary deposition of a nebulised aerosol during mechanical ventilation. (1 February, 1993)

  S H Thomas, M J O'Doherty, H M Fidler, C J Page, D F Treacher, T O Nunan
• Rapid detection of pneumococcal antigen in pleural fluid of patients with community acquired pneumonia. (1 February, 1993)

  W G Boersma, A Löwenberg, Y Holloway, H Kuttschrütter, J A Snijder, G H Koëter
• Peak expiratory flow in rural residents of Tamil Nadu, India. (1 February, 1993)

  D Ray, A Rajaratnam, J Richard
• Ultrasound guided aspiration biopsy for pulmonary tuberculosis with unusual radiographic appearances. (1 February, 1993)

  A Yuan, P C Yang, D B Chang, C J Yu, L N Lee, H D Wu, S H Kuo, K T Luh
• Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: review of Turkish reports. (1 February, 1993)

  E S Ucan, A I Keyf, R Aydilek, Z Yalcin, S Sebit, M Kudu, U Ok
• Attitudes to smoking and smoking habits among hospital staff. (1 February, 1993)

  S F Hussain, S Tjeder-Burton, I A Campbell, P D Davies
• New perspectives on basic mechanisms in lung disease. 3. Drug intervention in asthma: present and future. (1 February, 1993)

  V A Alabaster, B A Moore
• Bronchial rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma. (1 February, 1993)

  C Hartley, G N Morritt
• Primary malignant melanoma of the oesophagus with a left atrial metastasis. (1 February, 1993)

  M Chello, A R Marchese, A Panza, P Mastroroberto, F Di Lello
• Diverticulosis of the main bronchi: a rare cause of recurrent bronchopneumonia in a child. (1 February, 1993)

  A Barbato, A Novello, D Zanolin, P Corner, E Talenti
• Pulmonary complications of HIV disease. (1 February, 1993)

  S Crowley, G A Luzzi, V Kitchen, E Claydon
• Acute pneumonitis associated with low dose methotrexate treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. (1 February, 1993)

  W Hassan, M Carpenter, C Kelly