Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Current issue
  • ERJ Early View
  • Past issues
  • Authors/reviewers
    • Instructions for authors
    • Submit a manuscript
    • Open access
    • COVID-19 submission information
    • Peer reviewer login
  • Alerts
  • Podcasts
  • Subscriptions
  • ERS Publications
    • European Respiratory Journal
    • ERJ Open Research
    • European Respiratory Review
    • Breathe
    • ERS Books
    • ERS publications home

User menu

  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
  • ERS Publications
    • European Respiratory Journal
    • ERJ Open Research
    • European Respiratory Review
    • Breathe
    • ERS Books
    • ERS publications home

Login

European Respiratory Society

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Current issue
  • ERJ Early View
  • Past issues
  • Authors/reviewers
    • Instructions for authors
    • Submit a manuscript
    • Open access
    • COVID-19 submission information
    • Peer reviewer login
  • Alerts
  • Podcasts
  • Subscriptions

Table of Contents

01 April 2012; volume 39, issue 4

Electronic Resources

  • You have accessRestricted access
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) E16; Published 31 March 2012
    • ERJ Podcast

Editorial

  • You have accessRestricted access
    Pentraxin-3 in COPD: innocent bystander or amplifier?
    A. Mantovani
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 795-796; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00198111 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Desmosine, a biomarker for COPD: old and in the way
    M. Luisetti, J. Stolk, P. Iadarola
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 797-798; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00172911 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Towards prognostic biomarkers in pulmonary arterial hypertension
    J-L. Cracowski
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 799-801; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00155411 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Rational use of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the EU: better patient care and less drug resistance
    A. Zumla, F. Blasi, M. Raviglione
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 802-804; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00171611 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Triple therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an alarming press release
    A.U. Wells, J. Behr, U. Costabel, V. Cottin, V. Poletti
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 805-806; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00009112 Published 31 March 2012

ECDC/ERS Task Force Report

  • Open Access
    European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care
    G.B. Migliori, J.P. Zellweger, I. Abubakar, E. Ibraim, J.A. Caminero, G. De Vries, L. D'Ambrosio, R. Centis, G. Sotgiu, O. Menegale, K. Kliiman, T. Aksamit, D.M. Cirillo, M. Danilovits, M. Dara, K. Dheda, A.T. Dinh-Xuan, H. Kluge, C. Lange, V. Leimane, R. Loddenkemper, L.P. Nicod, M.C. Raviglione, A. Spanevello, V.Ø. Thomsen, M. Villar, M. Wanlin, J.A. Wedzicha, A. Zumla, F. Blasi, E. Huitric, A. Sandgren, D. Manissero
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 807-819; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00203811 Published 31 March 2012

ERS Task Force Report

  • You have accessRestricted access
    Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
    S. Kotecha, A. Barbato, A. Bush, F. Claus, M. Davenport, C. Delacourt, J. Deprest, E. Eber, B. Frenckner, A. Greenough, A.G. Nicholson, J.L. Antón-Pacheco, F. Midulla
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 820-829; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00066511 Published 31 March 2012
    • Supplementary material

Original Article

  • COPD

    • You have accessRestricted access
      COPD is associated with reduced pulmonary interstitial expression of pentraxin-3
      G.R. Van Pottelberge, K.R. Bracke, N.S. Pauwels, F.E. Vermassen, G.F. Joos, G.G. Brusselle
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 830-838; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138110 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Total desmosines in plasma and urine correlate with lung function
      C.A. Lindberg, G. Engström, M. Gerhardsson de Verdier, U. Nihlén, M. Anderson, K. Forsman-Semb, M. Svartengren
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 839-845; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00064611 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Subclinical atherosclerosis, airflow obstruction and emphysema: the MESA Lung Study
      R.G. Barr, F.S. Ahmed, J.J. Carr, E.A. Hoffman, R. Jiang, S.M. Kawut, K. Watson
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 846-854; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00165410 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Severity and outcomes of hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients
      A. Liapikou, E. Polverino, S. Ewig, C. Cillóniz, M.A. Marcos, J. Mensa, S. Bello, I. Martin-Loeches, R. Menéndez, A. Torres
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 855-861; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00067111 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Clinical presentation and outcome of venous thromboembolism in COPD
      L. Bertoletti, S. Quenet, P. Mismetti, L. Hernández, J.J. Martín-Villasclaras, C. Tolosa, M. Valdés, M. Barrón, J.A. Todolí, M. Monreal, the RIETE Investigators
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 862-868; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00058811 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Physiological changes during low- and high-intensity noninvasive ventilation
      J. Lukácsovits, A. Carlucci, N. Hill, P. Ceriana, L. Pisani, A. Schreiber, P. Pierucci, G. Losonczy, S. Nava
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 869-875; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00056111 Published 31 March 2012
  • Asthma & Allergy

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Febrile respiratory illnesses in infancy and atopy are risk factors for persistent asthma and wheeze
      M.M.H. Kusel, T. Kebadze, S.L. Johnston, P.G. Holt, P.D. Sly
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 876-882; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00193310 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
      • CME questions
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Trends in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Italy between 1991 and 2010
      R. de Marco, V. Cappa, S. Accordini, M. Rava, L. Antonicelli, O. Bortolami, M. Braggion, M. Bugiani, L. Casali, L. Cazzoletti, I. Cerveri, A.G. Fois, P. Girardi, F. Locatelli, A. Marcon, A. Marinoni, M.G. Panico, P. Pirina, S. Villani, M.E. Zanolin, G. Verlato for the GEIRD study group
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 883-892; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00061611 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
  • Cystic Fibrosis

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Chronic infection and inflammation affect exercise capacity in cystic fibrosis
      P.B. van de Weert-van Leeuwen, M.G. Slieker, H.J. Hulzebos, C.L.J.J. Kruitwagen, C.K. van der Ent, H.G.M. Arets
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 893-898; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00086211 Published 31 March 2012
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Assessing the Liverpool Respiratory Symptom Questionnaire in children with cystic fibrosis
      R. Trinick, K.W. Southern, P.S. McNamara
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 899-905; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00070311 Published 31 March 2012
  • Sleep-Related Disorders

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Increased incidence of nonfatal cardiovascular events in stroke patients with sleep apnoea: effect of CPAP treatment
      M-A. Martínez-García, F. Campos-Rodríguez, J-J. Soler-Cataluña, P. Catalán-Serra, P. Román-Sánchez, J-M. Montserrat
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 906-912; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00011311 Published 31 March 2012
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Day–night variations in endothelial dysfunction markers and haemostatic factors in sleep apnoea
      A. Barceló, J. Piérola, M. de la Peña, C. Esquinas, M. Sanchez-de la Torre, O. Ayllón, A. Alonso, A.G.N. Agusti, F. Barbè
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 913-918; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00039911 Published 31 March 2012
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Pulmonary embolism: CT signs and cardiac biomarkers for predicting right ventricular dysfunction
      T. Henzler, S. Roeger, M. Meyer, U.J. Schoepf, J.W. Nance Jr, D. Haghi, W.E. Kaminski, M. Neumaier, S.O. Schoenberg, C. Fink
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 919-926; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088711 Published 31 March 2012
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Bosentan inhibits cigarette smoke-induced endothelin receptor expression in pulmonary arteries
      J. Milara, E. Gabarda, G. Juan, J.L. Ortiz, R. Guijarro, M. Martorell, E.J. Morcillo, J. Cortijo
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 927-938; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021411 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Sensitive cardiac troponin I predicts poor outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension
      G.A. Heresi, W.H.W. Tang, M. Aytekin, J. Hammel, S.L. Hazen, R.A. Dweik
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 939-944; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00067011 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      ASPIRE registry: Assessing the Spectrum of Pulmonary hypertension Identified at a REferral centre
      J. Hurdman, R. Condliffe, C.A. Elliot, C. Davies, C. Hill, J.M. Wild, D. Capener, P. Sephton, N. Hamilton, I.J. Armstrong, C. Billings, A. Lawrie, I. Sabroe, M. Akil, L. O’Toole, D.G. Kiely
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 945-955; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00078411 Published 31 March 2012
  • Tuberculosis

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Linezolid: an effective, safe and cheap drug for patients failing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in India
      R. Singla, J.A. Caminero, A. Jaiswal, N. Singla, S. Gupta, R.K. Bali, D. Behera
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 956-962; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00076811 Published 31 March 2012
  • Respiratory Infections

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Factors associated with hospital mortality in community-acquired legionellosis in France
      C. Chidiac, D. Che, S. Pires-Cronenberger, S. Jarraud, C. Campèse, A. Bissery, P. Weinbreck, C. Brun-Buisson, J-P. Sollet, R. Ecochard, J-C. Desenclos, J. Etienne, P. Vanhems, the French Legionnaires’ Disease Study Group
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 963-970; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00076911 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Quantitative PCR to diagnose Pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised non-HIV patients
      K. Mühlethaler, K. Bögli-Stuber, S. Wasmer, C. von Garnier, P. Dumont, A. Rauch, K. Mühlemann, C. Garzoni
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 971-978; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00095811 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
  • Lung Function

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Dietary antioxidants and forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline: the Health, Aging and Body Composition study
      A.R. Bentley, S.B. Kritchevsky, T.B. Harris, P. Holvoet, R.L. Jensen, A.B. Newman, J.S. Lee, S. Yende, D. Bauer, P.A. Cassano for the Health ABC Study
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 979-984; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00190010 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
    • You have accessRestricted access
      Breastfeeding is associated with increased lung function at 18 years of age: a cohort study
      N. Soto-Ramírez, M. Alexander, W. Karmaus, M. Yousefi, H. Zhang, R.J. Kurukulaaratchy, A. Raza, F. Mitchell, S. Ewart, S.H. Arshad
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 985-991; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00037011 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material
  • Paediatric Respiratory Disease

    • You have accessRestricted access
      Quantitative assessment of chronic lung disease of infancy using computed tomography
      E.E. Sarria, R. Mattiello, L. Rao, C.J. Tiller, B. Poindexter, K.E. Applegate, J. Granroth-Cook, C. Denski, J. Nguyen, Z. Yu, E. Hoffman, R.S. Tepper
      European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 992-999; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00064811 Published 31 March 2012
      • Supplementary material

Review

  • You have accessRestricted access
    Molecular mechanisms of intensive care unit-acquired weakness
    S. Bloch, M.I. Polkey, M. Griffiths, P. Kemp
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1000-1011; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00090011 Published 31 March 2012

Series

  • Open Access
    Prevalence of inappropriate tuberculosis treatment regimens: a systematic review
    M.W. Langendam, M.J. van der Werf, E. Huitric, D. Manissero
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1012-1020; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125511 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Interaction of matrix metalloproteinases with pulmonary pollutants
    M. Dagouassat, S. Lanone, J. Boczkowski
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1021-1032; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00195811 Published 31 March 2012

Letters

  • You have accessRestricted access
    Towards individualised medicine for airways disease: identifying clinical phenotype groups
    J. Travers, M. Weatherall, J. Fingleton, R. Beasley
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1033-1034; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122811 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Serum neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4 levels are associated with asthma severity in children
    A. Szczepankiewicz, M. Rachel, P. Sobkowiak, Z. Kycler, I. Wojsyk-Banaszak, N. Schöneich, M. Skibinska, A. Bręborowicz
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1035-1037; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00136611 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Value of s-ACE, BAL lymphocytosis, and CD4+/CD8+ and CD103+CD4+/CD4+ T-cell ratios in diagnosis of sarcoidosis
    C. Hyldgaard, S. Kaae, M. Riddervold, H.J. Hoffmann, O. Hilberg
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1037-1039; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00144311 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Surgical salvage following stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage NSCLC
    Z. Allibhai, B.C.J. Cho, M. Taremi, S. Atallah, A. Hope, D. Hwang, S. Keshavjee, M. Tsao, K. Yasufuku, S-W. Kim, A. Bezjak
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1039-1042; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00075811 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Tracheobronchial amyloidosis: evidence for local B-cell clonal expansion
    R. Borie, C. Danel, V. Molinier-Frenkel, G. Prevot, G. Deslee, M.P. Debray, M.H. Delfau-Larue, B. Crestani
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1042-1045; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00101811 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Curing HIV-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
    C. Tcherakian, E. Rivaud, D. Zucman, A-C. Metivier, L-J. Couderc
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1045-1046; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138211 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Home oxygen therapy during natural disasters: lessons from the great East Japan earthquake
    S. Kobayashi, M. Hanagama, S. Yamanda, M. Yanai
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1047-1048; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00149111 Published 31 March 2012

Correspondence

  • You have accessRestricted access
    Call for an international survey on therapeutic lavage for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
    M. Luisetti
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1049; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00226311 Published 31 March 2012
    • Supplementary material
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Prescribing and guidelines: both must improve to combat antimicrobial resistance
    M. Thomas, D.B. Price, A. Chisholm
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1050; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00200411 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Is sleep related to cancer in murine models of obstructive sleep disorder?
    K.T. Nozoe, S. Tufik, M.L. Andersen
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1051; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003412 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Primary lung adenocarcinoma: characteristics by smoking habit and sex
    G.M. Stella, M. Luisetti, E. Pozzi
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1051-1052; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00219811 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Do we always need computed tomography to detect and treat parapneumonic pleural effusion?
    G.F. Sferrazza Papa, F. Di Marco, P. Carlucci, L. Colombo, M. Mondoni, S. Centanni
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1053; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00224011 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    Do we always need computed tomography to detect and treat parapneumonic pleural effusion?
    B.K. Moffett
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1054; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00000812 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    What the pulmonary specialist should know about the new inhalation therapies
    J.P. Mitchell
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1054-1055; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00210911 Published 31 March 2012
  • You have accessRestricted access
    What the pulmonary specialist should know about the new inhalation therapies
    H.M. Janssens, B.L. Laube on behalf of the ERS/ISAM Task Force
    European Respiratory Journal 39 (4) 1055-1056; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00020512 Published 31 March 2012
Back to top
PreviousNext
European Respiratory Journal: 39 (4)
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author

Search Within This Issue

Jump to

  • Electronic Resources
  • Editorial
  • ECDC/ERS Task Force Report
  • ERS Task Force Report
  • Original Article
    • COPD
    • Asthma & Allergy
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Sleep-Related Disorders
    • Pulmonary Vascular Disease
    • Tuberculosis
    • Respiratory Infections
    • Lung Function
    • Paediatric Respiratory Disease
  • Review
  • Series
  • Letters
  • Correspondence
Manage Table of content Alerts
  • Most Read
  • Twitter
Loading
  • The association between SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR cycle threshold and mortality in a community cohort
  • Pulsus paradoxus
  • ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests
  • ERS clinical practice guidelines on treatment of sarcoidosis
  • European Respiratory Society guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in adults
More...

Navigate

  • Home
  • Current issue
  • Archive

About the ERJ

  • Journal information
  • Editorial board
  • Reviewers
  • Press
  • Permissions and reprints
  • Advertising

The European Respiratory Society

  • Society home
  • myERS
  • Privacy policy
  • Accessibility

ERS publications

  • European Respiratory Journal
  • ERJ Open Research
  • European Respiratory Review
  • Breathe
  • ERS books online
  • ERS Bookshop

Help

  • Feedback

For authors

  • Instructions for authors
  • Publication ethics and malpractice
  • Submit a manuscript

For readers

  • Alerts
  • Subjects
  • Podcasts
  • RSS

Subscriptions

  • Accessing the ERS publications

Contact us

European Respiratory Society
442 Glossop Road
Sheffield S10 2PX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 114 2672860
Email: journals@ersnet.org

ISSN

Print ISSN:  0903-1936
Online ISSN: 1399-3003

Copyright © 2023 by the European Respiratory Society