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Research Article

• Asthma: is there an airway receptor barrier? (1 August, 1996)

  B. A. Hills
• Deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene as a genetic risk factor for sarcoidosis. (1 August, 1996)

  K. Furuya, E. Yamaguchi, A. Itoh, N. Hizawa, N. Ohnuma, J. Kojima, N. Kodama, Y. Kawakami
• Effect of exposure to silica on human alveolar macrophages in supporting growth activity in type II epithelial cells. (1 August, 1996)

  B. Melloni, O. Lesur, T. Bouhadiba, A. Cantin, M. Martel, R. Bégin
• Relationship of serum IgE concentration to level and rate of decline of pulmonary function: the Normative Aging Study. (1 August, 1996)

  N. A. Shadick, D. Sparrow, G. T. O'Connor, D. DeMolles, S. T. Weiss
• Respiratory sensation during bronchial challenge testing with methacholine, sodium metabisulphite, and adenosine monophosphate. (1 August, 1996)

  G. B. Marks, D. H. Yates, M. Sist, B. Ceyhan, M. De Campos, D. M. Scott, P. J. Barnes
• Comparison of three inhaled non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the airway response to sodium metabisulphite and adenosine 5'-monophosphate challenge in asthma. (1 August, 1996)

  M. Wang, A. Wisniewski, I. Pavord, A. Knox, A. Tattersfield
• Assessment of food chemical intolerance in adult asthmatic subjects. (1 August, 1996)

  L. Hodge, K. Y. Yan, R. L. Loblay
• Effect of loratadine, an H1 antihistamine, on induced cough in non-asthmatic patients with chronic cough. (1 August, 1996)

  S. Tanaka, K. Hirata, N. Kurihara, J. Yoshikawa, T. Takeda
• Tidal breathing parameters in the first week of life and subsequent cough and wheeze. (1 August, 1996)

  B. Yuksel, A. Greenough, F. Giffin, K. H. Nicolaides
• Evidence for a relation between metabolic derangements and increased levels of inflammatory mediators in a subgroup of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (1 August, 1996)

  A. M. Schols, W. A. Buurman, A. J. Staal van den Brekel, M. A. Dentener, E. F. Wouters
• Functional status and well being in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with regard to clinical parameters and smoking: a descriptive and comparative study. (1 August, 1996)

  C. P. Engström, L. O. Persson, S. Larsson, A. Rydén, M. Sullivan
• Comparison of the efficacy of a demand oxygen delivery system with continuous low flow oxygen in subjects with stable COPD and severe oxygen desaturation on walking. (1 August, 1996)

  C. M. Roberts, J. Bell, J. A. Wedzicha
• Inhalational drug delivery from seven different spacer devices. (1 August, 1996)

  P. W. Barry, C. O'Callaghan
• Computed tomography-guided bronchoalveolar lavage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. (1 August, 1996)

  C. Agusti, A. Xaubet, P. Luburich, M. C. Ayuso, J. Roca, R. Rodriguez-Roisin
• Surgical treatment of 125 patients with non-small cell lung cancer and chest wall involvement. (1 August, 1996)

  C. C. Pitz, A. Brutel de la Rivière, H. R. Elbers, C. J. Westermann, J. M. van den Bosch
• Effects of naloxone on upper airway collapsibility in normal sleeping subjects. (1 August, 1996)

  J. C. Meurice, I. Marc, F. Sériès
• Effect of acute hyperoxia on the bronchodilator response to salbutamol in stable asthmatic patients. (1 August, 1996)

  K. D. Dagg, L. J. Thomson, S. G. Ramsay, N. C. Thomson
• Reduction of pulmonary capillary blood volume in patients with severe unexplained pulmonary hypertension. (1 August, 1996)

  C. Borland, Y. Cox, T. Higenbottam
• Occupational lung disease. 8. The diagnosis of occupational asthma from serial measurements of lung function at and away from work. (1 August, 1996)

  P. Bright, P. S. Burge
• Cell signalling in pulmonary vascular cells: do not shoot the messenger! (1 August, 1996)

  P. H. Scott, A. J. Peacock
• Occupational asthma in a coal miner. (1 August, 1996)

  P. M. Gamboa, I. Jáuregui, I. Urrutia, I. Antépara, G. González, V. Múgica
• Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchitis presenting as stridor in a patient with peripheral T cell lymphoma. (1 August, 1996)

  P. H. Kuo, L. N. Lee, P. C. Yang, Y. C. Chen, K. T. Luh
• Pleuropulmonary infection with chest wall infiltration by Eikenella corrodens. (1 August, 1996)

  J. W. Killen, G. L. Swift, R. J. White