According to recent analyses, there was a modest yet significant improvement in median
survival time and 5-year survival rate of limited stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in North …

Rationale: Acquired pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a syndrome characterized by
pulmonary surfactant accumulation occurring in association with granulocyte/macrophage …

… are considerably closer in energy and thus harder to discriminate, increasing steric congestion
at the ruthenium center should bias formation of the thermodynamically more stable (E)-…

Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) has
been reported to be responsible for enhanced tumor growth and angiogenesis in various …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause. Sarcoidosis involving
the heart, ie, cardiac sarcoidosis, affects the prognosis of patients significantly as it may lead …

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Rationale: Inhaled granulocyte/macrophage–colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a promising
therapy for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) but has not been adequately studied. …

Although diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) has carried a poor prognosis, long-term low-dose
administration of erythromycin (EM) is very effective. We administered EM at a daily dose of …

A total of 30 patients (aged 6–56 years) with nocardiosis and infection due to human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were identified in our institution between January 1985 and …

Background: It has previously been shown that smokers with computed tomographic (CT)
evidence of subclinical emphysema have signs of neutrophil activation, despite having no …