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01 December 2012; volume 40, issue 6

Electronic Resources

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    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) E24; Published 30 November 2012
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Editorial

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    The editors' farewell and a confident look back to the future
    Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Vito Brusasco
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1309-1311; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00167212 Published 30 November 2012
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    Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: a continuous challenge for Europe
    GianLuca Quaglio, Jacques Demotes-Mainard, Robert Loddenkemper
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1312-1314; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00111712 Published 30 November 2012
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    Sleep apnoea and cancer: current insights and future perspectives
    Miguel Ángel Martínez-García, Francisco Campos-Rodríguez, Ramon Farré
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1315-1317; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00127912 Published 30 November 2012
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    Personalised medicine in exacerbations of COPD: the beginnings
    Sanjay Sethi
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1318-1319; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00136412 Published 30 November 2012
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    High altitude and asthma: beyond house dust mites
    Denis Charpin
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1320-1321; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00096712 Published 30 November 2012
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    Tracheostomy in children: an ancient procedure still under debate
    Angelo Barbato, Laura Bottecchia, Deborah Snijders
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1322-1323; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00076112 Published 30 November 2012

ERS Task Force

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    Multi-ethnic reference values for spirometry for the 3–95-yr age range: the global lung function 2012 equations
    Philip H. Quanjer, Sanja Stanojevic, Tim J. Cole, Xaver Baur, Graham L. Hall, Bruce H. Culver, Paul L. Enright, John L. Hankinson, Mary S.M. Ip, Jinping Zheng, Janet Stocks, the ERS Global Lung Function Initiative
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1324-1343; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00080312 Published 30 November 2012
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Original Article

  • COPD

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      Sputum purulence-guided antibiotic use in hospitalised patients with exacerbations of COPD
      Néstor Soler, Mariano Esperatti, Santiago Ewig, Arturo Huerta, Carlos Agustí, Antoni Torres
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1344-1353; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00150211 Published 30 November 2012
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      Decreased cerebrovascular response to CO2 in post-menopausal females with COPD: role of oxidative stress
      Sara E. Hartmann, Vincent Pialoux, Richard Leigh, Marc J. Poulin
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1354-1361; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00197211 Published 30 November 2012
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      Extracellular matrix composition in COPD
      Raquel Annoni, Tatiana Lanças, Ryan Yukimatsu Tanigawa, Marcus de Medeiros Matsushita, Sandra de Morais Fernezlian, Andreina Bruno, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Peter J. Roughley, Salvatore Battaglia, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Peter J. Sterk, Klaus F. Rabe, Thais Mauad
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1362-1373; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00192611 Published 30 November 2012
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  • Asthma

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      High-altitude treatment in atopic and nonatopic patients with severe asthma
      Lucia H. Rijssenbeek-Nouwens, Karin B. Fieten, Adriaan O. Bron, Simone Hashimoto, Elisabeth H. Bel, Els J. Weersink
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1374-1380; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00195211 Published 30 November 2012
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      Domestic use of cleaning sprays and asthma activity in females
      Nicole Le Moual, Raphaelle Varraso, Valérie Siroux, Orianne Dumas, Rachel Nadif, Isabelle Pin, Jan-Paul Zock, Francine Kauffmann on behalf of the Epidemiological Study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1381-1389; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00197611 Published 30 November 2012
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  • Cystic Fibrosis

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      Improvement of defective cystic fibrosis airway epithelial wound repair after CFTR rescue
      Nguyen Thu Ngan Trinh, Olivier Bardou, Anik Privé, Emilie Maillé, Damien Adam, Sarah Lingée, Pasquale Ferraro, Martin-Yvon Desrosiers, Christelle Coraux, Emmanuelle Brochiero
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1390-1400; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00221711 Published 30 November 2012
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  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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      Acetazolamide and chronic hypoxia: effects on haemorheology and pulmonary haemodynamics
      Aurélien Pichon, Philippe Connes, Patricia Quidu, Dominique Marchant, Julien Brunet, Bernard I. Levy, José Vilar, Innocent Safeukui, Florence Cymbalista, Maxime Maignan, Jean-Paul Richalet, Fabrice Favret
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1401-1409; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00216011 Published 30 November 2012
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      Exercise testing to predict outcome in idiopathic versus associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
      Gaël Deboeck, Cristina Scoditti, Sandrine Huez, Jean-Luc Vachiéry, Michel Lamotte, Linda Sharples, Christian Melot, Robert Naeije
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1410-1419; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00217911 Published 30 November 2012
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      Dehydroepiandrosterone reverses chronic hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced right ventricular dysfunction in rats
      Eric Dumas de La Roque, Nadège Bellance, Rodrigue Rossignol, Hugues Begueret, Marie Billaud, Pierre Dos Santos, Thomas Ducret, Roger Marthan, Diana Dahan, David Ramos-Barbón, Óscar Amor-Carro, Jean-Pierre Savineau, Michael Fayon
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1420-1429; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00011511 Published 30 November 2012
  • Tuberculosis

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      Efficacy, safety and tolerability of linezolid containing regimens in treating MDR-TB and XDR-TB: systematic review and meta-analysis
      Giovanni Sotgiu, Rosella Centis, Lia D'Ambrosio, Jan-William C. Alffenaar, Holly A. Anger, Jose A. Caminero, Paolo Castiglia, Saverio De Lorenzo, Giovanni Ferrara, Won-Jung Koh, Giesela F. Schecter, Tae S. Shim, Rupak Singla, Alena Skrahina, Antonio Spanevello, Zarir F. Udwadia, Miquel Villar, Elisabetta Zampogna, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Alimuddin Zumla, Giovanni Battista Migliori
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1430-1442; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00022912 Published 30 November 2012
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      Role of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay in screening new immigrants for tuberculosis infection
      Christiaan Mulder, Henk van Deutekom, Erik M. Huisman, Sophie Toumanian, Ben F.P.J. Koster, Wieneke Meijer-Veldman, Joke H. van Loenhout-Rooyackers, Milo Appel, Sandra M. Arend, Martien W. Borgdorff, Frank van Leth
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1443-1449; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00010612 Published 30 November 2012
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      Increased frequencies of pulmonary regulatory T-cells in latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
      Christian Herzmann, Martin Ernst, Stefan Ehlers, Steffen Stenger, Jeroen Maertzdorf, Giovanni Sotgiu, Christoph Lange
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1450-1457; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00214611 Published 30 November 2012
  • Respiratory Infections

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      Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 in human lung tissue
      Kolja V. Szymanski, Mario Toennies, Anne Becher, Diana Fatykhova, Philippe D. N'Guessan, Birgitt Gutbier, Frederick Klauschen, Frank Neuschaefer-Rube, Paul Schneider, Jens Rueckert, Jens Neudecker, Torsten T. Bauer, Klaus Dalhoff, Daniel Drömann, Achim D. Gruber, Olivia Kershaw, Bettina Temmesfeld-Wollbrueck, Norbert Suttorp, Stefan Hippenstiel, Andreas C. Hocke
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1458-1467; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00186911 Published 30 November 2012
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  • Alveolar Proteinosis

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      Wash-out kinetics and efficacy of a modified lavage technique for alveolar proteinosis
      Francesco Bonella, Peter C. Bauer, Matthias Griese, Thomas E. Wessendorf, Josune Guzman, Ulrich Costabel
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1468-1474; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00017612 Published 30 November 2012
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis

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      A neutrophil elastase inhibitor prevents bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice
      Akihiro Takemasa, Yoshiki Ishii, Takeshi Fukuda
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1475-1482; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00127011 Published 30 November 2012
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  • Tracheobronchial Stenosis

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      Double Y-stenting for tracheobronchial stenosis
      Masahide Oki, Hideo Saka
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1483-1488; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00015012 Published 30 November 2012
  • Lung Cancer

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      Effect of autoimmune diseases on risk and survival in histology-specific lung cancer
      Kari Hemminki, Xiangdong Liu, Jianguang Ji, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1489-1495; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00222911 Published 30 November 2012
  • Thoracic Surgery

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      Thoracoscore fails to predict complications following elective lung resection
      Amy Bradley, Andrea Marshall, Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Khalid Hussain, Paula Agostini, Ehab Bishay, Maninder Kalkat, Richard Steyn, Pala Rajesh, Janet Dunn, Babu Naidu
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1496-1501; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00218111 Published 30 November 2012
  • Paediatric Lung Disease

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      Paediatric patients with a tracheostomy: a multicentre epidemiological study
      Estela Pérez-Ruiz, Pilar Caro, Javier Pérez-Frías, Maria Cols, Isabel Barrio, Alba Torrent, Maria Ángeles García, Oscar Asensio, Maria Dolores Pastor, Carmen Luna, Javier Torres, Borja Osona, Antonio Salcedo, Amparo Escribano, Isidoro Cortell, Mirella Gaboli, Alfredo Valenzuela, Elena Álvarez, Rosa Velasco, Enrique García
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1502-1507; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00164611 Published 30 November 2012
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      Host response to mechanical ventilation for viral respiratory tract infection
      Marije P. Hennus, Riny Janssen, Jeroen L.A. Pennings, Hennie M. Hodemaekers, Debby Kruijsen, Nicolaas J. Jansen, Linde Meyaard, Adrianus J. van Vught, Louis J. Bont
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1508-1515; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00177111 Published 30 November 2012
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      Cord blood angiogenic progenitor cells are decreased in bronchopulmonary dysplasia
      Christopher D. Baker, Vivek Balasubramaniam, Peter M. Mourani, Marci K. Sontag, Claudine P. Black, Sharon L. Ryan, Steven H. Abman
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1516-1522; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00017312 Published 30 November 2012
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  • Heart and Lung Interaction

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      Evaluation of upper airway patency during Cheyne–Stokes breathing in heart failure patients
      Vincent Jobin, Jordi Rigau, Josée Beauregard, Ramon Farre, Josep Monserrat, T. Douglas Bradley, R. John Kimoff
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1523-1530; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00060311 Published 30 November 2012
  • Lung Function

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      Diagnosis-related deterioration of lung function after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
      Marjolein Spoel, Roxanne Laas, Saskia J. Gischler, Wim J.C. Hop, Dick Tibboel, Johan C. de Jongste, Hanneke Ijsselstijn
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1531-1537; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00189911 Published 30 November 2012
  • Mechanisms of Lung Disease

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      CHRNA3 genotype, nicotine dependence, lung function and disease in the general population
      Diljit Kaur-Knudsen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Stig E. Bojesen
      European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1538-1544; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00176811 Published 30 November 2012
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Review

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    The role of bronchodilator treatment in the prevention of exacerbations of COPD
    Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Marc Decramer, Terence A.R. Seemungal
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1545-1554; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00048912 Published 30 November 2012
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    Pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension and right ventricular failure
    Norbert F. Voelkel, Jose Gomez-Arroyo, Antonio Abbate, Harm J. Bogaard, Mark R. Nicolls
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1555-1565; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00046612 Published 30 November 2012

Letters

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    Daily physical activity after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a pilot study
    Jorine E. Hartman, H. Marike Boezen, Sanne Heintzbergen, Mathieu H.G. de Greef, Karin Klooster, Nick H.T. ten Hacken, Dirk-Jan Slebos
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1566-1567; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00072112 Published 30 November 2012
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    Obesity supine death syndrome revisited
    Malcolm Lemyze, Mary-Jane Guerry, Jihad Mallat, Didier Thevenin
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1568-1569; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00090812 Published 30 November 2012
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    High initial multidrug-resistant tuberculosis rate in Buenaventura, Colombia: a public–private initiative
    Sonia L. Villegas, Beatriz E. Ferro, Carlos M. Perez-Velez, Cesar A. Moreira, Liliana Forero, Ernesto Martínez, Nalin Rastogi, Jose Antonio Caminero
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1569-1572; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00018212 Published 30 November 2012
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    No associations of the mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor genes with asthma
    N.M. Vink, D.S. Postma, M.A.E. Nieuwenhuis, G.H. Koppelman, J.G.M. Rosmalen, H.M. Boezen
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1572-1574; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00064312 Published 30 November 2012
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    Nightmares induced by montelukast in children and adults
    Gloria Cereza, Núria Garcia Doladé, Joan-Ramon Laporte
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1574-1575; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092812 Published 30 November 2012
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    No human transmission of Mycobacterium malmoense in a perfect storm setting
    Wouter Hoefsloot, Martin J. Boeree, Cees van Nieuwkoop, Alexandra T. Bernards, Paul H.M. Savelkoul, Jakko van Ingen, Dick van Soolingen
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1576-1578; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00096312 Published 30 November 2012
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    Successful treatment of progressive diffuse PEComatosis
    Kay Lawson, Toby M. Maher, David M. Hansell, Andrew G. Nicholson
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1578-1580; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00076411 Published 30 November 2012

Correspondence

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    Involvement of pharmacies in tuberculosis treatment
    Ana Antunes, Joana Gomes, Inês Belchior, Ana Isabel Loureiro, Aurora Carvalho, Anabela Madeira, Raquel Duarte
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1581-1582; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00005012 Published 30 November 2012
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    Predicting survival in mesothelioma
    Arthur William Musk
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1582; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00102612 Published 30 November 2012

Erratum

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    “Community-acquired pneumonia in younger patients is an entity on its own.” Benjamin Klapdor, Santiago Ewig, Mathias W. Pletz, Gernot Rohde, Hartwig Schütte, Tom Schaberg and Tobias Welte for the CAPNETZ study group. Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 1156–1161.
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1583; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.50110911 Published 30 November 2012

Author Correction

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    “Reproducibility of 6-minute walking test in patients with COPD”. N.A. Hernandes, E.F.M. Wouters, K. Meijer, J. Annegarn, F. Pitta and M.A. Spruit. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 261–267.
    European Respiratory Journal 40 (6) 1583; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.50142010 Published 30 November 2012
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