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Original article

• Incidence and causes of non-invasive mechanical ventilation failure after initial success (1 October, 2000)

  Maurizio Moretti, Carmela Cilione, Auro Tampieri, Claudio Fracchia, Alessandro Marchioni, Stefano Nava
• Influence of intranasal steroids during the grass pollen season on bronchial responsiveness in children and young adults with asthma and hay fever (1 October, 2000)

  B J Thio, G L M Slingerland, A M Fredriks, A F Nagelkerke, R A Scheeren, H J Neijens, J J Roord, J E Dankert-Roelse
• Increase in prevalence and severity of asthma in young adults in Copenhagen (1 October, 2000)

  Ejvind Frausing Hansen, Yael Rappeport, Jørgen Vestbo, Peter Lange
• Comparison of high dose inhaled steroids, low dose inhaled steroids plus low dose theophylline, and low dose inhaled steroids alone in chronic asthma in general practice (1 October, 2000)

  Sam Lim, Anon Jatakanon, David Gordon, Christopher Macdonald, Kian Fan Chung, Peter J Barnes
• Reduced production of interleukin 12 by interferon γ primed alveolar macrophages from atopic asthmatic subjects (1 October, 2000)

  M J Plummeridge, L Armstrong, M A Birchall, A B Millar
• Oxidative enzyme activities of the vastus lateralis muscle and the functional status in patients with COPD (1 October, 2000)

  François Maltais, Pierre LeBlanc, François Whittom, Clermont Simard, Karine Marquis, Marthe Bélanger, Marie-Josée Breton, Jean Jobin
• Non-specific interstitial pneumonia: findings on sequential CT scans of nine patients (1 October, 2000)

  Masanori Akira, Giichi Inoue, Satoru Yamamoto, Mitsunori Sakatani
• Malignant vascular tumours of the pleura in “asbestos” workers and endothelial differentiation in malignant mesothelioma (1 October, 2000)

  R L Attanoos, S K Suvarna, E Rhead, M Stephens, T J Locke, M N Sheppard, F D Pooley, A R Gibbs