Thorax: 61 (1)

Editorials

Skeletal muscle weakness, reduced exercise tolerance, and COPD: is systemic inflammation the missing link? (5 January, 2006) Free
D D Sin, S F P Man
Childhood allergies, birth order and family size (5 January, 2006) Free
P Cullinan
Is screening for lung cancer using low dose spiral CT scanning worthwhile? (5 January, 2006) Free
F V Gleeson
All change for home oxygen services in England and Wales (5 January, 2006) Free
J A Wedzicha, P M A Calverley

Airwaves

Airwaves (5 January, 2006) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Inflammatory markers are associated with ventilatory limitation and muscle dysfunction in obstructive lung disease in well functioning elderly subjects (5 January, 2006) Free
S Yende, G W Waterer, E A Tolley, A B Newman, D C Bauer, D R Taaffe, R Jensen, R Crapo, S Rubin, M Nevitt, E M Simonsick, S Satterfield, T Harris, S B Kritchevsky
Raised CRP levels mark metabolic and functional impairment in advanced COPD (5 January, 2006) Free
R Broekhuizen, E F M Wouters, E C Creutzberg, A M W J Schols
C-reactive protein in patients with COPD, control smokers and non-smokers (5 January, 2006) Free
V M Pinto-Plata, H Müllerova, J F Toso, M Feudjo-Tepie, J B Soriano, R S Vessey, B R Celli
Cost effectiveness of inhaled steroid withdrawal in outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (5 January, 2006) Free
J van der Palen, E Monninkhof, P van der Valk, S D Sullivan, D L Veenstra

Miscellanea

Role of EGFR mutations in the pathogenesis of lung adenocarcinomas (5 January, 2006) Free
M Ali
Using serum osteopontin to help identify pleural mesothelioma (5 January, 2006) Free
C K Hui
Tumour suppressor gene methylation and screening for lung cancer (5 January, 2006) Free
R Stretton
The public health burden of acute lung injury (5 January, 2006) Free
L Camporota
Cystic fibrosis presenting as acute upper airway obstruction (5 January, 2006) Free
J Davies, R Chaudry, J LaRovere, D Hansell, M Dawson, E Abrahamson

Asthma

Hormone replacement therapy, body mass index and asthma in perimenopausal women: a cross sectional survey (5 January, 2006) Free
F Gómez Real, C Svanes, E H Björnsson, K Franklin, D Gislason, T Gislason, A Gulsvik, C Janson, R Jögi, T Kiserud, D Norbäck, L Nyström, K Torén, T Wentzel-Larsen, E Omenaas
Differences in radiological/HRCT findings in eosinophilic bronchitis and asthma: implication for bronchial responsiveness (5 January, 2006) Free
S-W Park, J-S Park, Y-M Lee, J-H Lee, A-S Jang, D-J Kim, Y Hwangbo, S-T Uh, Y-H Kim, C-S Park

Epidemiology

Association between sibship size and allergic diseases in the Glasgow Alumni Study (5 January, 2006) Free
S Kinra, G Davey Smith, M Jeffreys, D Gunnell, B Galobardes, P McCarron

Lung cancer

Screening for lung cancer using low dose CT scanning: results of 2 year follow up (5 January, 2006) Free
R MacRedmond, G McVey, M Lee, R W Costello, D Kenny, C Foley, P M Logan
Comparison of shuttle walk with measured peak oxygen consumption in patients with operable lung cancer (5 January, 2006) Free
T Win, A Jackson, A M Groves, L D Sharples, S C Charman, C M Laroche

Lung transplantation

Combined donor specific transfusion and anti-CD154 therapy achieves airway allograft tolerance (5 January, 2006) Free
W Chalermskulrat, K P McKinnon, W J Brickey, I P Neuringer, R C Park, D G Sterka, B R Long, P McNeillie, R J Noelle, J P Ting, R M Aris

Sarcoidosis

Pulmonary hypertension associated with sarcoidosis: mechanisms, haemodynamics and prognosis (5 January, 2006) Free
H Nunes, M Humbert, F Capron, M Brauner, O Sitbon, J-P Battesti, G Simonneau, D Valeyre

Respiratory infection

Aetiological role of viral and bacterial infections in acute adult lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care (5 January, 2006) Free
D D Creer, J P Dilworth, S H Gillespie, A R Johnston, S L Johnston, C Ling, S Patel, G Sanderson, P G Wallace, T D McHugh

Cystic fibrosis

Progression of lung disease on computed tomography and pulmonary function tests in children and adults with cystic fibrosis (5 January, 2006) Free
P A de Jong, A Lindblad, L Rubin, W C J Hop, J C de Jongste, M Brink, H A W M Tiddens

Occasional review

Convergence of the epidemiology and pathology of COPD (5 January, 2006) Free
J Vestbo, J C Hogg

Case Report

Tubular aggregate myopathy presenting with acute type II respiratory failure and severe orthopnoea (5 January, 2006) Free
N Shahrizaila, W S Lim, D K Robson, W J Kinnear, A J Wills

Letters to the editor

Complete response to erlotinib treatment in brain metastases from recurrent NSCLC (5 January, 2006) Free
C S L Lai, C Boshoff, M Falzon, S M Lee
Health outcomes following treatment for 6 months with once daily tiotropium compared with twice daily salmeterol in patients with COPD (5 January, 2006) Free
V Brusasco, R Hodder, M Miravitlles, L Korducki, L Towse, S Kesten

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Table of contents

January 2006 - Volume 61 - 1

Editorials

Airwaves

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Miscellanea

Asthma

Epidemiology

Lung cancer

Lung transplantation

Sarcoidosis

Respiratory infection

Cystic fibrosis

Occasional review

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Issue Information

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Table of contents

January 2006 - Volume 61 - 1

Editorials

Airwaves

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Miscellanea

Asthma

Epidemiology

Lung cancer

Lung transplantation

Sarcoidosis

Respiratory infection

Cystic fibrosis

Occasional review

Case Report

Letters to the editor

Issue Information