Thorax: 60 (4)

Editorials

Is big beautiful? The continuing story of ADAM33 and asthma
(24 March, 2005)
S T Holgate, J W Holloway
Nitric oxide, hypoxia, and superoxide: the good, the bad, and the ugly! (24 March, 2005)
R A Dweik
Symptoms and the early diagnosis of lung cancer (24 March, 2005)
S S Birring, M D Peake
Lung function estimates in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the potential for a simple classification (24 March, 2005)
J J Egan, F J Martinez, A U Wells, T Williams
Online First in Thorax (24 March, 2005)
J A Wedzicha, S L Johnston, D M Mitchell

Airwaves

Airwaves (24 March, 2005) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Asthma

Contribution of ADAM33 polymorphisms to the population risk of asthma
(24 March, 2005)
J Blakey, E Halapi, U S Bjornsdottir, A Wheatley, S Kristinsson, R Upmanyu, K Stefansson, H Hakonarson, I P Hall
Relationship of airway wall thickening to an imbalance between matrix metalloproteinase-9 and its inhibitor in asthma (24 March, 2005)
H Matsumoto, A Niimi, M Takemura, T Ueda, M Minakuchi, R Tabuena, K Chin, T Mio, Y Ito, S Muro, T Hirai, S Morita, S Fukuhara, M Mishima
Efficacy of low and high dose inhaled corticosteroid in smokers versus non-smokers with mild asthma (24 March, 2005)
J E M Tomlinson, A D McMahon, R Chaudhuri, J M Thompson, S F Wood, N C Thomson

Miscellanea

Absence of C/EBPα may cause bronchial smooth muscle proliferation in asthma (24 March, 2005)
N M Rahman
Evidence for a genetic susceptibility to lung carcinoma (24 March, 2005)
C Carlin
Induced sputum for the diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary TB (24 March, 2005)
M Wijesinghe
Anti-inflammatory gene therapy in the donor improves graft function after lung transplantation (24 March, 2005)
A Fisher
Surfactant replacement does not reduce duration of ventilatory support in paediatric acute lung injury (24 March, 2005)
A MacDuff
Development of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa coincides with pulmonary deterioration in cystic fibrosis
(24 March, 2005)
D Derry

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Altered thoracic gas compression contributes to improvement in spirometry with lung volume reduction surgery (24 March, 2005)
A Sharafkhaneh, S Goodnight-White, T M Officer, J R Rodarte, A M Boriek
Oxidative stress and airway inflammation in severe exacerbations of COPD (24 March, 2005)
E M Drost, K M Skwarski, J Sauleda, N Soler, J Roca, A Agusti, W MacNee
Early onset of effect of salmeterol and fluticasone propionate in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (24 March, 2005)
J Vestbo, R Pauwels, J A Anderson, P Jones, P Calverley

Pulmonary vasculature

Acute hypoxia simultaneously induces the expression of gp91^phox and endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the porcine pulmonary artery
(24 March, 2005)
S Muzaffar, N Shukla, G D Angelini, J Y Jeremy

Lung cancer

Is late diagnosis of lung cancer inevitable? Interview study of patients’ recollections of symptoms before diagnosis (24 March, 2005)
J Corner, J Hopkinson, D Fitzsimmons, S Barclay, M Muers

Cystic fibrosis

Association of tumour necrosis factor alpha variants with the CF pulmonary phenotype (24 March, 2005)
J Yarden, D Radojkovic, K De Boeck, M Macek, D Zemkova, V Vavrova, R Vlietinck, J-J Cassiman, H Cuppens
A survey of sexual and reproductive health in men with cystic fibrosis: new challenges for adolescent and adult services (24 March, 2005)
S M Sawyer, B Farrant, B Cerritelli, J Wilson

Epidemiology

Respiratory symptoms in older people and their association with mortality (24 March, 2005)
J Hewitt, L Smeeth, C J Bulpitt, A J Tulloch, A E Fletcher

Occasional reviews

Assessment of progression of COPD: report of a workshop held in Leuven, 11–12 March 2004 (24 March, 2005)
M Decramer, R Gosselink, M Rutten-Van Mölken, J Buffels, O Van Schayck, P-A Gevenois, R Pellegrino, E Derom, W De Backer
Effect of treatments on the progression of COPD: report of a workshop held in Leuven, 11–12 March 2004 (24 March, 2005)
M Decramer, R Gosselink, P Bartsch, C-G Löfdahl, W Vincken, R Dekhuijzen, J Vestbo, R Pauwels, R Naeije, T Troosters

Case Report

Pulmonary amoebiasis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome (24 March, 2005)
A Lichtenstein, A T Kondo, G S Visvesvara, A Fernandez, E F Paiva, T Mauad, M Dolhnikoff, M A Martins

Letters to the editor

VEGF in idiopathic ILD (24 March, 2005)
A R L Medford
CARD 15 gene mutations in sarcoidosis (24 March, 2005)
L-P Ho, A J McMichael, R J O Davies, K Gaber, J-P Hugot, F Merlin
Infected pulmonary sequestration caused by Mycobacterium kansasii
(24 March, 2005)
S H Lin, L N Lee, Y L Chang, Y C Lee, L W Ding, P R Hsueh

Images in Thorax

Pulmonary adenocarcinoma presenting as a giant pleural mass (24 March, 2005)
K Kaira, A Takise, G Kobayashi, M Kamiyoshihara, M Mori

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April 2005 - Volume 60 - 4

Editorials

Airwaves

Asthma

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Pulmonary vasculature

Lung cancer

Cystic fibrosis

Epidemiology

Occasional reviews

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Images in Thorax

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Table of contents

April 2005 - Volume 60 - 4

Editorials

Airwaves

Asthma

Miscellanea

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Pulmonary vasculature

Lung cancer

Cystic fibrosis

Epidemiology

Occasional reviews

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Images in Thorax

Issue Information