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Original articles

• Effects of hypertonic saline, alternate day and daily rhDNase on healthcare use, costs and outcomes in children with cystic fibrosis (1 October, 2002)

  R Suri, R Grieve, C Normand, C Metcalfe, S Thompson, C Wallis, A Bush
• Relationship between exacerbation frequency and lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 October, 2002)

  G C Donaldson, T A R Seemungal, A Bhowmik, J A Wedzicha
• Proportional assist ventilation as an aid to exercise training in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 October, 2002)

  P Hawkins, L C Johnson, D Nikoletou, C-H Hamnegård, R Sherwood, M I Polkey, J Moxham
• Interpretation of occupational peak flow records: level of agreement between expert clinicians and Oasys-2 (1 October, 2002)

  D R Baldwin, P Gannon, P Bright, D T Newton, A Robertson, K Venables, B Graneek, R D Barker, A Cartier, J-L Malo, M Wilsher, C F A Pantin, P S Burge
• Airway and systemic effects of hydrofluoroalkane fluticasone and beclomethasone in patients with asthma (1 October, 2002)

  G P Currie, S J Fowler, A M Wilson, E J Sims, L C Orr, B J Lipworth
• A randomised trial of self-management planning for adult patients admitted to hospital with acute asthma (1 October, 2002)

  L M Osman, C Calder, D J Godden, J A R Friend, L McKenzie, J S Legge, J G Douglas
• Analysis of induced sputum in adults with asthma: identification of subgroup with isolated sputum neutrophilia and poor response to inhaled corticosteroids (1 October, 2002)

  R H Green, C E Brightling, G Woltmann, D Parker, A J Wardlaw, I D Pavord
• Regular use of inhaled corticosteroids and the long term prevention of hospitalisation for asthma (1 October, 2002)

  S Suissa, P Ernst, A Kezouh
• Involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor in exercise induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatic patients (1 October, 2002)

  H Kanazawa, K Hirata, J Yoshikawa
• Dose-dependent onset and cessation of action of inhaled budesonide on exhaled nitric oxide and symptoms in mild asthma (1 October, 2002)

  S A Kharitonov, L E Donnelly, P Montuschi, M Corradi, J V Collins, P J Barnes
• Apoptosis resistant bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid lymphocytes in sarcoidosis (1 October, 2002)

  H Stridh, A Planck, D Gigliotti, A Eklund, J Grunewald
• Subepithelial vascular patterns in bronchial dysplasias using a high magnification bronchovideoscope (1 October, 2002)

  K Shibuya, H Hoshino, M Chiyo, K Yasufuku, T Iizasa, Y Saitoh, M Baba, K Hiroshima, H Ohwada, T Fujisawa