European Respiratory Journal: 21 (6)

01 June 2003; volume 21, issue 6

Editorials

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Asthma, rhinitis and air pollution: is traffic to blame?
B. Brunekreef, J. Sunyer

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 913-915; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00014903 Published 1 June 2003
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Rescue! Therapy and the paradox of the Barcalounger
S.I. Rennard, P. Calverley

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 916-917; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00111602 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Front Rows of Science

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Endothelial cells modulate eosinophil surface markers and mediator release
M-J. Dallaire, C. Ferland, N. Pagé, S. Lavigne, F. Davoine, M. Laviolette

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 918-924; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00102002 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Respiratory Cell Biology

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Upregulated response to chemokines in oxidative metabolism of eosinophils in asthma and allergic rhinitis
S. Sannohe, T. Adachi, K. Hamada, K. Honda, Y. Yamada, N. Saito, C‐H. Cui, H. Kayaba, K. Ishikawa, J. Chihara

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 925-931; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00028103a Published 1 June 2003
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence to human basement membrane collagen in vitro
K.W. Tsang, D.K. Shum, S. Chan, P. Ng, J. Mak, R. Leung, I.H. Shum, G.C. Ooi, G.L. Tipoe, W.K. Lam

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 932-938; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00097302 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Bench to Bedside: Respiratory Infections

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Procalcitonin as a diagnostic tool in lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis
A. Polzin, M. Pletz, R. Erbes, M. Raffenberg, H. Mauch, S. Wagner, G. Arndt, H. Lode

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 939-943; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00055103 Published 1 June 2003
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Evaluation of a quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus in pulmonary diseases
I. Borg, G. Rohde, S. Löseke, J. Bittscheidt, G. Schultze-Werninghaus, V. Stephan, A. Bufe

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 944-951; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00088102 Published 1 June 2003
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Prognostic features of residual pleural thickening in parapneumonic pleural effusions
D. Jiménez Castro, G. Díaz, E. Pérez-Rodríguez, R.W. Light

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 952-955; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00099502 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Traffic and Pollutant Exposure

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Urban traffic and pollutant exposure related to respiratory outcomes and atopy in a large sample of children
T. Nicolai, D. Carr, S.K. Weiland, H. Duhme, O. von Ehrenstein, C. Wagner, E. von Mutius

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 956-963; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00041103a Published 1 June 2003
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Climate, traffic-related air pollutants and allergic rhinitis prevalence in middle-school children in Taiwan
Y-L. Lee, C-K. Shaw, H-J. Su, J-S. Lai, Y-C. Ko, S-L. Huang, F-C. Sung, Y.L. Guo

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 964-970; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00094602 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: COPD

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Decreased haem oxygenase-1 and increased inducible nitric oxide synthase in the lung of severe COPD patients
P. Maestrelli, C. Páska, M. Saetta, G. Turato, Y. Nowicki, S. Monti, B. Formichi, M. Miniati, L.M. Fabbri

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 971-976; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00098203 Published 1 June 2003
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Sleep hypoventilation in hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: prevalence and associated factors
F.J. O'Donoghue, P.G. Catcheside, E.E. Ellis, R.R. Grunstein, R.J. Pierce, L.S. Rowland, E.R. Collins, S.E. Rochford, R.D. McEvoy for the Australian trial of Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Airflow Limitation (AVCAL) investigators

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 977-984; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00066802 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Anti-Inflammatory Intervention in Asthma

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Glucocorticoid receptor-binding characteristics in severe asthma
C. Bonnans, P. Chanez, H. Meziane, P. Godard, J. Bousquet, I. Vachier

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 985-988; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00059802 Published 1 June 2003
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Comparative bronchial vasoconstrictive efficacy of inhaled glucocorticosteroids
E.S. Mendes, A. Pereira, I. Danta, R.C. Duncan, A. Wanner

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 989-993; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00072402 Published 1 June 2003
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Possible anti-inflammatory effect of salmeterol against interleukin-8 and neutrophil activation in asthma in vivo
D.W. Reid, C. Ward, N. Wang, L. Zheng, R. Bish, B. Orsida, E.H. Walters

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 994-999; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00109702 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Paediatric Asthma

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The economic impact of preschool asthma and wheeze
C.A. Stevens, D. Turner, C.E. Kuehni, J.M. Couriel, M. Silverman

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1000-1006; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00057002 Published 1 June 2003
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Distribution of technetium-99m-labelled QVAR^TM delivered using an Autohaler^TM device in children
S.G. Devadason, T. Huang, S. Walker, R. Troedson, P.N. Le Souëf

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1007-1011; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00087803 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Epidemiology

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Reduced lung function and risk of atrial fibrillation in The Copenhagen City Heart Study
P. Buch, J. Friberg, H. Scharling, P. Lange, E. Prescott

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1012-1016; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00051502 Published 1 June 2003
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Sex differences in lung vulnerability to tobacco smoking
A. Langhammer, R. Johnsen, A. Gulsvik, T.L. Holmen, L. Bjermer

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1017-1023; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00053202 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Small Airways

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The early allergic response in small airways of human precision-cut lung slices
A. Wohlsen, C. Martin, E. Vollmer, D. Branscheid, H. Magnussen, W-M. Becker, U. Lepp, S. Uhlig

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1024-1032; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00027502 Published 1 June 2003
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Peripheral airway involvement in asthma assessed by single-breath SF₆ and He washout
P.M. Gustafsson, H.K. Ljungberg, B. Kjellman

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1033-1039; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00049302 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Surfactant and ARDS

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Induction of type-IIA secretory phospholipase A2 in animal models of acute lung injury
H.L. Attalah, Y. Wu, M. Alaoui-El-Azher, F. Thouron, K. Koumanov, C. Wolf, L. Brochard, A. Harf, C. Delclaux, L. Touqui

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1040-1045; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00093002 Published 1 June 2003

Original Articles: Rapid Communication

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Inhaled synthetic surfactant abolishes the early allergen-induced response in asthma
K.S. Babu, D.A. Woodcock, S.E. Smith, J.N. Staniforth, S.T. Holgate, J.H. Conway

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1046-1049; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00069202 Published 1 June 2003

ERS Task Force

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Indirect airway challenges
G.F. Joos, B. O'Connor on behalf of the Task Force, Co-authors of the Task Force Report: G.F. Joos (Chairman), B. O'Connor (Co-Chairman), S.D. Anderson, F. Chung, D.W. Cockcroft, B. Dahlén, G. DiMaria, A. Foresi, F.E. Hargreave, S.T. Holgate, M. Inman, J. Lötvall, H. Magnussen, R. Polosa, D.S. Postma, J. Riedler

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1050-1068; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00008403 Published 1 June 2003
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Pulmonary echinococcosis
R. Morar, C. Feldman

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1069-1077; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00108403 Published 1 June 2003

Case for Diagnosis

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Lung infiltrate in a male with a bronchopleural fistula
C. Raynaud, B. Crestani, M. Grossin, M. Piperaud, M-C. Dombret, M. Aubier

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1078-1080; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00082802 Published 1 June 2003

Correspondence

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Levalbuterol toxicity: no reason to be jittery
A.K. Biswas, W.C. Fruedenthal

European Respiratory Journal 21 (6) 1081; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00115802 Published 1 June 2003

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Editorials

Original Articles: Front Rows of Science

Original Articles: Respiratory Cell Biology

Original Articles: Bench to Bedside: Respiratory Infections

Original Articles: Traffic and Pollutant Exposure

Original Articles: COPD

Original Articles: Anti-Inflammatory Intervention in Asthma

Original Articles: Paediatric Asthma

Original Articles: Epidemiology

Original Articles: Small Airways

Original Articles: Surfactant and ARDS

Original Articles: Rapid Communication

ERS Task Force

Series

Case for Diagnosis

Correspondence

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