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01 October 2013; volume 42, issue 4

Electronic Resources

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    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) E34; Published 30 September 2013
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Editorial

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    Future directions for the ERS: Presidential plans
    Francesco Blasi, Peter J. Barnes, Mina Gaga, Giovanni Battista Migliori
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 875-880; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00114513 Published 30 September 2013
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    Reaching the golden milestone. The 2013 ERS Dublin summit: preparing the road to Rome
    Francesco Blasi, Maeve Barry, Brian Ward
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 881-884; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00119913 Published 30 September 2013
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    The MABA approach: a new option to improve bronchodilator therapy
    Mario Cazzola, Jose-Luis Lopez-Campos, Luis Puente-Maestu
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 885-887; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00067013 Published 30 September 2013
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    Does left heart disease cause most systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary hypertension?
    Gerry Coghlan
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 888-890; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025413 Published 30 September 2013
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    Why inflammatory phenotyping is necessary for successful drug evaluation in asthma and COPD
    Peter G. Gibson
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 891-892; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00038713 Published 30 September 2013
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    Sildenafil: a definitive NO in COPD
    Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, Bart G. Boerrigter
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 893-894; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00108313 Published 30 September 2013
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    Biomarker-guided clinical decisions: for patients, health economists or neither?
    Jens-Ulrik Jensen
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 895-897; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00024813 Published 30 September 2013
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    From pollen count to pollen potency: the molecular era of aerobiology
    Lorenzo Cecchi
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 898-900; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00096413 Published 30 September 2013
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    Adopting universal lung function reference equations
    Maureen P. Swanney, Martin R. Miller
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 901-903; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00123613 Published 30 September 2013

In Memoriam

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    Prof. Isabelle Tillie-Leblond
    André-Bernard Tonnel, Benoit Wallaert, Arnaud Scherpereel, Alain Didier, Bruno Housset
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 904-905; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00090613 Published 30 September 2013

ERS/ATS Policy Statement

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    An official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society policy statement: disparities in respiratory health
    Dean E. Schraufnagel, Francesco Blasi, Monica Kraft, Mina Gaga, Patricia Finn, Klaus F. Rabe
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 906-915; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00062113 Published 30 September 2013
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Perspective

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    Neglected evidence in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: from history to earlier diagnosis
    Jean-François Cordier, Vincent Cottin
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 916-923; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00027913 Published 30 September 2013
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Original Article

  • Environmental Lung Disease

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      Fine and coarse particulate air pollution in relation to respiratory health in Sweden
      Saskia M. Willers, Charlotta Eriksson, Lars Gidhagen, Mats E. Nilsson, Göran Pershagen, Tom Bellander
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 924-934; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088212 Published 30 September 2013
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      The influence of sensitisation to pollens and moulds on seasonal variations in asthma attacks
      Cristina Canova, Joachim Heinrich, Josep Maria Anto, Benedicte Leynaert, Matthew Smith, Nino Kuenzli, Jan-Paul Zock, Christer Janson, Isa Cerveri, Roberto de Marco, Kjell Toren, Thorarinn Gislason, Dennis Nowak, Isabelle Pin, Matthias Wjst, Jure Manfreda, Cecilie Svanes, Julian Crane, Michael Abramson, Michael Burr, Peter Burney, Deborah Jarvis
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 935-945; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097412 Published 30 September 2013
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  • COPD

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      High-risk patients following hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation of COPD
      Jacques Piquet, Jean-Michel Chavaillon, Philippe David, Francis Martin, François Blanchon, Nicolas Roche on behalf of the French College of General Hospital Respiratory Physicians (CPHG)
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 946-955; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00180312 Published 30 September 2013
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      Simple functional performance tests and mortality in COPD
      Milo A. Puhan, Lara Siebeling, Marco Zoller, Patrick Muggensturm, Gerben ter Riet
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 956-963; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131612 Published 30 September 2013
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      Trends in the lifetime risk of COPD exacerbation requiring hospitalisation
      Jesper Lykkegaard, René dePont Christensen, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Henrik Støvring, Morten Andersen, Jens Søndergaard
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 964-971; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00129312 Published 30 September 2013
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      A new class of bronchodilator improves lung function in COPD: a trial with GSK961081
      Pascal L.M.L. Wielders, Andrea Ludwig-Sengpiel, Nicholas Locantore, Suus Baggen, Robert Chan, John H. Riley
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 972-981; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00165712 Published 30 September 2013
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      Sildenafil to improve respiratory rehabilitation outcomes in COPD: a controlled trial
      Isabel Blanco, Salud Santos, Joaqím Gea, Rosa Güell, Ferran Torres, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Diego A. Rodriguez, Jordi Vilaró, Begona Gómez, Josep Roca, Joan Albert Barberà
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 982-992; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00176312 Published 30 September 2013
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      Physical activity in COPD patients: patterns and bouts
      David Donaire-Gonzalez, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Eva Balcells, Diego A. Rodríguez, Eva Farrero, Jordi de Batlle, Marta Benet, Antoni Ferrer, Joan A. Barberà, Joaquim Gea, Robert Rodriguez-Roisin, Josep M. Antó, Judith Garcia-Aymerich
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 993-1002; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00101512 Published 30 September 2013
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  • Asthma

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      Sample sizes for clinical trials using sputum eosinophils as a primary outcome
      Angira Dasgupta, Shiyuan Zhang, Lehana Thabane, Parameswaran Nair
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1003-1011; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00075712 Published 30 September 2013
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  • Paediatric Pulmonology

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      Airway and systemic inflammation in obese children with asthma
      Megan E. Jensen, Peter G. Gibson, Clare E. Collins, Lisa G. Wood
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1012-1019; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00124912 Published 30 September 2013
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      Early patterns of wheezing in asthmatic and nonasthmatic children
      Alfredo Cano Garcinuño, Isabel Mora Gandarillas, the SLAM Study Group
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1020-1028; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00148712 Published 30 September 2013
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      Rhinovirus infection and healthcare utilisation in prematurely born infants
      Simon B. Drysdale, Mireia Alcazar-Paris, Theresa Wilson, Melvyn Smith, Mark Zuckerman, Simon Broughton, Gerrard F. Rafferty, Janet L. Peacock, Sebastian L. Johnston, Anne Greenough
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1029-1036; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00109012 Published 30 September 2013
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      Effect of oxidative stress on respiratory epithelium from children with Down syndrome
      Martijn Bruijn, René Lutter, Eric Eldering, Albert P. Bos, Job B.M. van Woensel
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1037-1045; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122812 Published 30 September 2013
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  • Lung Function

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      Implications of adopting the Global Lungs Initiative 2012 all-age reference equations for spirometry
      Philip H. Quanjer, Danny J. Brazzale, Piotr W. Boros, Jeffrey J. Pretto
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1046-1054; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00195512 Published 30 September 2013
  • Sleep Medicine

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      The effect of nasal tramazoline with dexamethasone in obstructive sleep apnoea patients
      Ioannis Koutsourelakis, Aliki Minaritzoglou, Georgios Zakynthinos, Emmanouil Vagiakis, Spyros Zakynthinos
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1055-1063; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00142312 Published 30 September 2013
  • Respiratory Infections

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      Biomarker-enhanced triage in respiratory infections: a proof-of-concept feasibility trial
      Werner C. Albrich, Kristina Rüegger, Frank Dusemund, Philipp Schuetz, Birsen Arici, Alexander Litke, Claudine A. Blum, Rita Bossart, Katharina Regez, Ursula Schild, Merih Guglielmetti, Antoinette Conca, Petra Schäfer, Maria Schubert, Sabina de Geest, Barbara Reutlinger, Sarosh Irani, Ulrich Bürgi, Andreas Huber, Beat Müller
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1064-1075; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00113612 Published 30 September 2013
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      Diagnosing pneumonia in patients with acute cough: clinical judgment compared to chest radiography
      Saskia F. van Vugt, Theo J.M. Verheij, Pim A. de Jong, Chris C. Butler, Kerenza Hood, Samuel Coenen, Herman Goossens, Paul Little, Berna D.L. Broekhuizen on behalf of the GRACE Project Group
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1076-1082; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00111012 Published 30 September 2013
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      • CME questions
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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      High prevalence of occult left heart disease in scleroderma-pulmonary hypertension
      Benjamin D. Fox, Avi Shimony, David Langleben, Andrew Hirsch, Lawrence Rudski, Robert Schlesinger, Mark J. Eisenberg, Dominique Joyal, Marie Hudson, Kim Boutet, Alexandrina Serban, Ariel Masetto, Murray Baron
      European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1083-1091; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00091212 Published 30 September 2013
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Scientific Assembly Update

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    Paediatrics in Vienna
    Fabio Midulla, Enrico Lombardi, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Nicolas Regamey, Jonathan Grigg, Robert I. Ross Russell, Steve W. Turner, Kostas Priftis, Ernst Eber
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1092-1104; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00037213 Published 30 September 2013
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Review

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    Pulmonary manifestations of human herpesvirus-8 during HIV infection
    Raphael Borie, Jacques Cadranel, Amélie Guihot, Anne Geneviève Marcelin, Lionel Galicier, Louis-Jean Couderc
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1105-1118; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00154212 Published 30 September 2013
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    Current status of and future strategies for multimodality treatment of unresectable stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer
    Rudolf M. Huber, Martin Reck, Michael Thomas
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1119-1133; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00143112 Published 30 September 2013
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Letters

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    Case series reporting the effectiveness of mycophenolate mofetil in treatment-resistant asthma
    Christopher Grainge, Nivenka Jayasekera, Patrick Dennison, Hitasha Rupani, Ramesh Kurukulaaratchy, Peter Howarth
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1134-1137; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00026413 Published 30 September 2013
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    Occupational asthma from sensitisation to 4,4-methylene-bismorpholine in clean metalworking fluid
    Gareth I. Walters, Vicky C. Moore, Alastair S. Robertson, Emmet E. McGrath, Edward Parkes, P. Sherwood Burge
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1137-1139; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00036313 Published 30 September 2013
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    Arterial stiffness by pulse wave velocity in COPD: reliability and reproducibility
    Isabelle Vivodtzev, Clémence Minet, Renaud Tamisier, François Arbib, Jean-Christian Borel, Jean-Philippe Baguet, Patrick Lévy, Jean-Louis Pépin
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1140-1142; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00014813 Published 30 September 2013
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    No TWEAK for COPD
    A.L. Lazaar, B.E. Miller, G. Francombe, A. Duvoix, S.A. Natanek, M.I. Polkey
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1142-1144; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00035413 Published 30 September 2013
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    Genome-wide genetic ancestry measurements to predict lung function in European populations
    Jean-Christophe Bérubé, Maxime Lamontagne, Christian Couture, David Nickle, Wim Timens, Dirkje S. Postma, Don D. Sin, Peter D. Paré, Michel Laviolette, Yohan Bossé
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1144-1147; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00036713 Published 30 September 2013
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    Amikacin treatment for multidrug resistant tuberculosis: how much monitoring is required?
    Veronica Melchionda, Harry Wyatt, Santino Capocci, Raul Garcia Medina, Angelita Solamalai, Sotira Katiri, Susan Hopkins, Ian Cropley, Marc Lipman
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1148-1150; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00184312 Published 30 September 2013
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    An integrated model involving sleep units and primary care for the diagnosis of sleep apnoea
    N. Chamorro, J. Sellarés, G. Millán, E. Cano, N. Soler, C. Embid, J.M. Montserrat
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1151-1154; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00192812 Published 30 September 2013

Correspondence

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    Trying to find a cure for cystic fibrosis: CFTR biomarkers as outcomes
    Patrick Lebecque
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1155; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00177912 Published 30 September 2013
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    Trying to find a cure for cystic fibrosis: CFTR biomarkers as outcomes
    Kris De Boeck
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1156-1157; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00029913 Published 30 September 2013
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    Allergic burden and the risk of venous thromboembolism
    Daniel P. Potaczek, Anetta Undas
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1157-1158; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00000913 Published 30 September 2013
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    Allergic burden and the risk of venous thromboembolism
    Christof J. Majoor, Elisabeth H.D. Bel
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1158-1159; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021513 Published 30 September 2013
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    Is the sensitivity of primary ciliary dyskinesia detection by ciliary function analysis 100%?
    Mieke Boon, Mark Jorissen, Martine Jaspers, Harry Cuppens, Kris De Boeck
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1159-1161; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00078713 Published 30 September 2013
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    Is the sensitivity of primary ciliary dyskinesia detection by ciliary function analysis 100%?
    Massimo Pifferi, Andrew Bush, Francesca Montemurro, Giovanni Pioggia, Martina Piras, Gennaro Tartarisco, Maria Di Cicco, Iolanda Chinellato, Angela M. Cangiotti, Attilio L. Boner
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1161; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00108613 Published 30 September 2013

Author Correction

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    “Rapid diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia: cell culture and soft computing analysis.” Massimo Pifferi, Andrew Bush, Francesca Montemurro, Giovanni Pioggia, Martina Piras, Gennaro Tartarisco, Maria Di Cicco, Iolanda Chinellato, Angela M. Cangiotti and Attilio L. Boner. Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 960–965.
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1162; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.50039412 Published 30 September 2013
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    “Lung function, race and ethnicity: a conundrum.” Philip H. Quanjer. Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1249–1251.
    European Respiratory Journal 42 (4) 1162; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.50053913 Published 30 September 2013
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