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• Review Articles

  • ·Do obstructive and restrictive lung diseases share common underlying mechanisms of breathlessness?

    Pagina :925-933

    Giorgio Scano, Giulia Innocenti-Bruni, Loredana Stendardi

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  • ·Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for cough in adults with respiratory and non-respiratory diseases: A systematic review of the literature

    Pagina :934-944

    A. Molassiotis, G. Bryan, A. Caress, C. Bailey, J. Smith

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• Original Articles

  • ·The link between exhaled NO and bronchomotor tone depends on the dose of inhaled steroid in asthma

    Pagina :945-950

    Bruno Mahut, Ludovic Trinquart, Plamen Bokov, Claudine Peiffer, Christophe Delclaux

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  • ·Effects of beclomethasone and factors related to asthma on the growth of prepubertal children

    Pagina :951-956

    Paulo A.M. Camargos, Laura M.L.B.F. Lasmar

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  • ·Asthma Programme in Finland: Did the use of secondary care resources become more rational?

    Pagina :957-965

    L.E. Tuomisto, M. Erhola, T. Luukkaala, H. Puolijoki, M.M. Nieminen, M. Kaila

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  • ·Abnormalities of plethysmographic lung volumes in asthmatic children

    Pagina :966-971

    Bruno Mahut, Plamen Bokov, Christophe Delclaux

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  • ·High BMI is related to higher incidence of asthma, while a fish and fruit diet is related to a lower– : Results from a long-term follow-up study of three age groups in Sweden

    Pagina :972-980

    Monica Uddenfeldt, Christer Janson, Erik Lampa, Mai Leander, Dan Norbäck, Lars Larsson, Anna Rask-Andersen

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  • ·Trends in bronchiectasis mortality in England and Wales

    Pagina :981-985

    Helen J. Roberts, Richard Hubbard

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  • ·A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression in COPD

    Pagina :986-994

    Minna J. Hynninen, Nina Bjerke, Ståle Pallesen, Per S. Bakke, Inger Hilde Nordhus

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  • ·Combining tiotropium and salmeterol in COPD: Effects on airflow obstruction and symptoms

    Pagina :995-1004

    J.A. van Noord, J.-L. Aumann, E. Janssens, J.J. Smeets, J. Zaagsma, A. Mueller, P.J.G. Cornelissen

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  • ·Physical inactivity in patients with COPD, a controlled multi-center pilot-study

    Pagina :1005-1011

    Thierry Troosters, Frank Sciurba, Salvatore Battaglia, Daniel Langer, Srinivas Rao Valluri, Lavinia Martino, Roberto Benzo, David Andre, Idelle Weisman, Marc Decramer

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  • ·Preselection of patients at risk for COPD by two simple screening questions

    Pagina :1012-1019

    Harald Kögler, Norbert Metzdorf, Thomas Glaab, Tobias Welte

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  • ·Alveolar and bronchial exhaled nitric oxide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Pagina :1020-1026

    An Lehouck, Claudia Carremans, Kristien De Bent, Marc Decramer, Wim Janssens

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  • ·The MRC dyspnoea scale by telephone interview to monitor health status in elderly COPD patients

    Pagina :1027-1034

    Luciana Paladini, Rick Hodder, Isabella Cecchini, Vincenzo Bellia, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi

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  • ·Prevalence and impact of coronary artery disease in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Pagina :1035-1041

    Steven D. Nathan, Ashwin Basavaraj, Cristina Reichner, Oksana A. Shlobin, Shahzad Ahmad, Joseph Kiernan, Nelson Burton, Scott D. Barnett

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  • ·Pulmonary inflammation in asbestos-exposed subjects with borderline parenchymal changes on HRCT

    Pagina :1042-1049

    Lauri Lehtimäki, Panu Oksa, Ritva Järvenpää, Tuula Vierikko, Riina Nieminen, Hannu Kankaanranta, Jukka Uitti, Eeva Moilanen

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  • ·Risk factors for pneumonia in immunocompromised patients with influenza

    Pagina :1050-1056

    David Schnell, Julien Mayaux, Cédric de Bazelaire, Jérôme Legoff, Séverine Feuillet, Catherine Scieux, Juliette Andreu-Gallien, Michael Darmon, André Baruchel, Benoit Schlemmer, Élie Azoulay

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  • ·Right ventricular dilation on CT pulmonary angiogram independently predicts mortality in pulmonary embolism

    Pagina :1057-1062

    Aran Singanayagam, James D. Chalmers, Caroline Scally, Ahsan R. Akram, Mudher Z. Al-Khairalla, Leah Leitch, Louise E. Hill, Adam T. Hill

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  • ·Cardiovascular risk factors in men and women with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

    Pagina :1063-1068

    Jean-Pierre Laaban, Line Mounier, Olivier Roque d'Orbcastel, Dan Veale, Jacques Blacher, Boris Melloni, André Cornette, Jean-François Muir, Edmond Chailleux, ANTADIR Working group “CV risk in OSAS” h, CMTS, ANTADIR

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• Short Communication

  • ·Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in the Cape Verde islands (Northwest Africa): High prevalence in a sub-Saharan population

    Pagina :1069-1072

    Carla Spínola, António Brehm, Hélder Spínola

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Are we measuring pulmonary emphysema?

    Pagina :1073

    Bruno Hochhegger, Edson Marchiori, Klaus L. Irion, Jose Moreira

    
  • ·Reply to Hochheggar et al.

    Pagina :1074

    Hester A. Gietema, Pieter Zanen, Arnold Schilham, Bram van Ginneken, Rob J. van Klaveren, Mathias Prokop, Jan Willem J. Lammers

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  • ·Theoretical cost benefits of medical thoracoscopy (MT)

    Pagina :1075-1076

    A.R.L. Medford

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  • ·Additional cost benefits of chest physician-operated thoracic ultrasound (TUS) prior to medical thoracoscopy (MT)

    Pagina :1077-1078

    A.R.L. Medford

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  • ·More nutritional support needed to prevent pneumonia in elderly patients

    Pagina :1079-1080

    Luke Theodore Curtis

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