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October 2006 - Volume 61 - 10

Thorax: 61 (10)

Editorials

Caring for the burden of COPD (28 September, 2006)
P M A Calverley
Anger, stress, dysregulation produces wear and tear on the lung (28 September, 2006)
P Lehrer
Spirometric screening: does it work? (28 September, 2006)
D M Mannino
IL-10: another therapeutic target in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? (28 September, 2006)
A B Millar

Airwaves

Airwaves (28 September, 2006) Free
Wisia Wedzicha

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

UK National COPD Audit 2003: impact of hospital resources and organisation of care on patient outcome following admission for acute COPD exacerbation (31 January, 2006)
L C Price, D Lowe, H S R Hosker, K Anstey, M G Pearson, C M Roberts
Admissions to hospital with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effect of age related factors and service organisation (23 August, 2006)
M J Connolly, D Lowe, K Anstey, H S R Hosker, M G Pearson, C M Roberts
C-reactive protein and mortality in mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (31 May, 2006)
S F P Man, J E Connett, N R Anthonisen, R A Wise, D P Tashkin, D D Sin
Tiotropium for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis (14 July, 2006)
R G Barr, J Bourbeau, C A Camargo, F S F Ram

Epidemiology

Angry breathing: a prospective study of hostility and lung function in the Normative Aging Study (1 September, 2006)
L D Kubzansky, D Sparrow, B Jackson, S Cohen, S T Weiss, R J Wright

Miscellanea

Asthma may protect against autoimmune diseases (28 September, 2006)
J Woodard
Lung cancer is more common but less often fatal in women (28 September, 2006)
M S Anwar
Cyclophosphamide in scleroderma lung disease (28 September, 2006)
H Steer
No need to stay in hospital after antibiotic switch in pneumonia (28 September, 2006)
M Pagaria
Cerebral tuberculoma (28 September, 2006)
P Dennison G Rajakaruna

Smoking

Smokers with airway obstruction are more likely to quit smoking (29 June, 2006) Free
M Bednarek, D Gorecka, J Wielgomas, M Czajkowska-Malinowska, J Regula, G Mieszko-Filipczyk, M Jasionowicz, R Bijata-Bronisz, M Lempicka-Jastrzebska, M Czajkowski, G Przybylski, J Zielinski

Asthma

Significant linkage to chromosome 12q24.32–q24.33 and identification of SFRS8 as a possible asthma susceptibility gene
(31 May, 2006)
C Brasch-Andersen, Q Tan, A D Børglum, A Haagerup, T R Larsen, J Vestbo, T A Kruse
Functional K_Ca3.1 K⁺ channels are required for human lung mast cell migration
(29 June, 2006)
G Cruse, S M Duffy, C E Brightling, P Bradding

Interstitial lung disease

In vivo IL-10 gene delivery attenuates bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting the production and activation of TGF-β in the lung (29 June, 2006)
K Nakagome, M Dohi, K Okunishi, R Tanaka, J Miyazaki, K Yamamoto

Cystic fibrosis

Long term effects of azithromycin in patients with cystic fibrosis: a double blind, placebo controlled trial (29 June, 2006)
A Clement, A Tamalet, E Leroux, S Ravilly, B Fauroux, J-P Jais

Tuberculosis

Empirical treatment with a fluoroquinolone delays the treatment for tuberculosis and is associated with a poor prognosis in endemic areas (29 June, 2006)
J-Y Wang, P-R Hsueh, I-S Jan, L-N Lee, Y-S Liaw, P-C Yang, K-T Luh

Review series

Asthma exacerbations · 3: Pathogenesis (28 September, 2006)
P A B Wark, P G Gibson

Case report

Mesothelioma after lung transplantation (28 September, 2006)
P N Chhajed, L Bubendorf, H Hirsch, A Boehler, W Weder, M Tamm

Letters to the editor

Inhaled corticosteroids and mortality in COPD (28 September, 2006)
D D Sin
Inhaled corticosteroids and mortality in COPD (28 September, 2006)
D D Sin
Whole blood IFN-γ assay for detecting TB in children (28 September, 2006)
A J Radford, J S Rothel, G Sberna
Heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphism and decline in lung function in Japanese men (28 September, 2006)
K Nakayama, A Kikuchi, H Yasuda, S Ebihara, T Sasaki, T Ebihara, M Yamaya

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