Thorax: 53 (5)

Editorial

Typing of mycobacteria using spoligotyping (1 May, 1998)
A C HAYWARD, J M WATSON
Bisphosphonates and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: implications for patients with respiratory diseases (1 May, 1998) Free
SIMONE COWAN, SUZANNE MORIN, PIERRE ERNST
Burkholderia cepacia: another twist and a further threat
(1 May, 1998) Free
A K WEBB, J R GOVAN
The new prescription: industrial injuries benefits for smokers? (1 May, 1998) Free
ANTHONY SEATON
Coal miners’ respiratory disease litigation (1 May, 1998) Free
ROBIN RUDD

Pulmonary tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: analysis by spoligotyping (1 May, 1998) Free
R S Heyderman, M Goyal, P Roberts, S Ushewokunze, S Zizhou, B G Marshall, Robert Makombe, J D A Van Embden, P R Mason, R J Shaw
A double blind placebo controlled study to determine the effects of intermittent cyclical etidronate on bone mineral density in patients on long term oral corticosteroid treatment (1 May, 1998) Free
P Pitt, F Li, P Todd, D Webber, S Pack, C Moniz
Neurokinin A is the predominant tachykinin in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in normal and asthmatic subjects (1 May, 1998) Free
L G Heaney, L J M Cross, L P A McGarvey, K D Buchanan, M Ennis, C Shaw
How long should Atrovent be given in acute asthma? (1 May, 1998) Free
C Brophy, B Ahmed, S Bayston, A Arnold, D McGivern, M Greenstone
Injury to murine airway epithelial cells by pollen enzymes (1 May, 1998) Free
Zeenath Hassim, Sonia E Maronese, Rakesh K Kumar
Diagnosis of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations by colour Doppler ultrasound and amplitude ultrasound angiography (1 May, 1998)
Hao-Chien Wang, Ping-Hung Kuo, Yuang-Shuang Liaw, Chong-Jen Yu, Sow-Hsong Kuo, Kwen-Tay Luh, Pan-Chyr Yang

Detection of IgG and IgA against the mycobacterial antigen A60 in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (1 May, 1998) Free
Marco Alifano, Roberto De Pascalis, Matteo Sofia, Stanislao Faraone, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Italo Covelli

Coal mining and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a review of the evidence (1 May, 1998) Free
David Coggon, Anthony Newman Taylor
Public health aspects of obstructive sleep apnoea (1 May, 1998) Free
G J Gibson
Sleep apnoea and its impact on public health (1 May, 1998) Free
John Wright, Trevor Sheldon
Systematic review of the efficacy of nasal CPAP (1 May, 1998) Free
Neil J Douglas
Cardiovascular aspects of obstructive sleep apnoea and their relevance to the assessment of the efficacy of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy (1 May, 1998) Free
Robert J O Davies
Measurement of airway hyperresponsiveness: new considerations (1 May, 1998) Free
Jan Lötvall, Mark Inman, Paul O’Byrne
Clinical impact of bone and calcium metabolism changes in sarcoidosis (1 May, 1998) Free
Gianfranco Rizzato