European Respiratory Journal: 43 (5)

01 May 2014; volume 43, issue 5

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European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) E41; Published 30 April 2014
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How to assess the severity of bronchiectasis
Aarash D. Saleh, John R. Hurst

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1217-1219; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00226913 Published 30 April 2014
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Exacerbation frequency and FEV₁ decline of COPD: is it geographic?
Terence A.R. Seemungal, Jadwiga A. Wedzicha

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1220-1222; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00046014 Published 30 April 2014
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Heterogeneity of pulmonary rehabilitation: like apples and oranges – both healthy fruit
Carolyn L. Rochester, Antonio Spanevello

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1223-1226; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021114 Published 30 April 2014
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When CPAP is stopped: what are the “on switches” of sleep apnoea?
Kingman P. Strohl, Andrew Wellman

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1227-1229; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003614 Published 30 April 2014
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension at the crossroad
Marius M. Hoeper

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1230-1232; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00037114 Published 30 April 2014
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Disease stratification in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the dawn of a new era?
Toby M. Maher

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1233-1236; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00228513 Published 30 April 2014
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Risk prediction and end-points in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: one step at a time
Christopher J. Ryerson

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1237-1239; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021814 Published 30 April 2014
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Can IASLC/ATS/ERS subtype help predict response to chemotherapy in small biopsies of advanced lung adenocarcinoma?
Gregory J. Riely, William D. Travis

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1240-1242; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00048814 Published 30 April 2014
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: epidemic potential or a storm in a teacup?
Alimuddin I. Zumla, Ziad A. Memish

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1243-1248; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00227213 Published 30 April 2014

European Lung Corner

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The growing chronic disease burden in Europe: a role for respiratory health professionals?
Nadia Kamel

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1249-1251; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00034014 Published 30 April 2014

From the Museum

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From the Museum: the Art of Thinking. Part Three: Reason
Tom Kotsimbos

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1252-1253; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00430514 Published 30 April 2014

ERS Task Force report

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The European initiative for quality management in lung cancer care
Torsten G. Blum, Anna Rich, David Baldwin, Paul Beckett, Dirk De Ruysscher, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Mina Gaga, Fernando Gamarra, Bogdan Grigoriu, Niels C.G. Hansen, Richard Hubbard, Rudolf Maria Huber, Erik Jakobsen, Dragana Jovanovic, Assia Konsoulova, Jens Kollmeier, Gilbert Massard, John McPhelim, Anne-Pascale Meert, Robert Milroy, Marianne Paesmans, Mick Peake, Paul-Martin Putora, Arnaud Scherpereel, Nicolas Schönfeld, Helmut Sitter, Knut Skaug, Stephen Spiro, Trond-Eirik Strand, Samya Taright, Michael Thomas, Paul E. van Schil, Johan F. Vansteenkiste, Rainer Wiewrodt, Jean-Paul Sculier

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1254-1277; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00106913 Published 30 April 2014
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Original articles

Epidemiology

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Serum bilirubin is associated with lung function in a Swiss general population sample
Ivan Curjuric, Medea Imboden, Martin Adam, Robert W. Bettschart, Margaret W. Gerbase, Nino Künzli, Thierry Rochat, Lucia Rohrer, Thomas B. Rothe, Joel Schwartz, Daiana Stolz, Jean-Marie Tschopp, Arnold von Eckardstein, Florian Kronenberg, Nicole M. Probst-Hensch

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1278-1288; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00055813 Published 30 April 2014
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COPD

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Clinical features and determinants of COPD exacerbation in the Hokkaido COPD cohort study
Masaru Suzuki, Hironi Makita, Yoichi M. Ito, Katsura Nagai, Satoshi Konno, Masaharu Nishimura

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1289-1297; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00110213 Published 30 April 2014
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The 4-metre gait speed in COPD: responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference
Samantha S.C. Kon, Jane L. Canavan, Claire M. Nolan, Amy L. Clark, Sarah E. Jones, Paul Cullinan, Michael I. Polkey, William D-C. Man

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1298-1305; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088113 Published 30 April 2014
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Arterial stiffness in patients with COPD: the role of systemic inflammation and the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation
Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren, Martijn A. Spruit, Miriam T.J. Groenen, Piet L.B. Bruijnzeel, Ziad Taib, Erica P.A. Rutten, Jos Op ‘t Roodt, Marco A. Akkermans, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Frits M.E. Franssen

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1306-1315; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00169313 Published 30 April 2014
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COPD and pulmonary vascular diseases

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Measuring central pulmonary pressures during exercise in COPD: how to cope with respiratory effects
Bart G. Boerrigter, Aaron B. Waxman, Nico Westerhof, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, David M. Systrom

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1316-1325; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00016913 Published 30 April 2014
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Rehabilitation

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Differences in content and organisational aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes
Martijn A. Spruit, Fabio Pitta, Chris Garvey, Richard L. ZuWallack, C. Michael Roberts, Eileen G. Collins, Roger Goldstein, Renae McNamara, Pascale Surpas, Kawagoshi Atsuyoshi, José-Luis López-Campos, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Johanna E.A. Williams, Suzanne Lareau, Dina Brooks, Thierry Troosters, Sally J. Singh, Sylvia Hartl, Enrico M. Clini, Emiel F.M. Wouters

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1326-1337; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00145613 Published 30 April 2014
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Lung Function

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Best lung function equations for the very elderly selected by survival analysis
Martin R. Miller, Mikael Thinggaard, Kaare Christensen, Ole F. Pedersen, Torben Sigsgaard

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1338-1346; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00100313 Published 30 April 2014
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LUNOKID: can numerical American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society quality criteria replace visual inspection of spirometry?
Christine Müller-Brandes, Ursula Krämer, Monika Gappa, Gabriele Seitner-Sorge, Anke Hüls, Andrea von Berg, Barbara Hoffmann, Antje Schuster, Sabina Illi, Matthias Wisbauer, Dietrich Berdel

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1347-1356; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00058813 Published 30 April 2014
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Bronchiectasis

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Multidimensional approach to non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: the FACED score
Miguel Á. Martínez-García, Javier de Gracia, Monserrat Vendrell Relat, Rosa-Maria Girón, Luis Máiz Carro, David de la Rosa Carrillo, Casilda Olveira

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1357-1367; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00026313 Published 30 April 2014
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Asthma

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Effects of weight loss on asthma control in obese patients with severe asthma
Sérvulo Azevedo Dias-Júnior, Monica Reis, Regina Maria de Carvalho-Pinto, Rafael Stelmach, Alfredo Halpern, Alberto Cukier

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1368-1377; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00053413 Published 30 April 2014
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Asthma drug ratios and exacerbations: claims data from universal health coverage systems
Laurent Laforest, Idlir Licaj, Gilles Devouassoux, Gérard Chatte, Jennifer Martin, Eric Van Ganse

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1378-1386; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00100113 Published 30 April 2014
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Sleep

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Is continuous positive airway pressure necessarily an everyday therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea?
Valentina A. Rossi, Esther I. Schwarz, Konrad E. Bloch, John R. Stradling, Malcolm Kohler

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1387-1393; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00180213 Published 30 April 2014

Pulmonary vascular diseases

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Right ventricular reverse remodelling after balloon pulmonary angioplasty
Shigefumi Fukui, Takeshi Ogo, Yoshiaki Morita, Akihiro Tsuji, Emi Tateishi, Kumi Ozaki, Yoshihiro Sanda, Tetsuya Fukuda, Satoshi Yasuda, Hisao Ogawa, Norifumi Nakanishi

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1394-1402; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00012914 Published 30 April 2014
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Pulmonary arterial compliance and exercise capacity after pulmonary endarterectomy
Stefano Ghio, Marco Morsolini, Angelo Corsico, Catherine Klersy, Gabriella Mattiucci, Claudia Raineri, Laura Scelsi, Nicola Vistarini, Luigi Oltrona Visconti, Andrea Maria D’Armini

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1403-1409; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00195313 Published 30 April 2014
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Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis elimination: theory and practice in Europe
Lia D'Ambrosio, Masoud Dara, Marina Tadolini, Rosella Centis, Giovanni Sotgiu, Marieke J. van der Werf, Mina Gaga, Daniela Cirillo, Antonio Spanevello, Mario Raviglione, Francesco Blasi, Giovanni Battista Migliori

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1410-1420; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00198813 Published 30 April 2014
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Interstitial and orphan lung disease

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6-minute walk distance is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Roland M. du Bois, Carlo Albera, Williamson Z. Bradford, Ulrich Costabel, Jonathan A. Leff, Paul W. Noble, Steven A. Sahn, Dominique Valeyre, Derek Weycker, Talmadge E. King Jr

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1421-1429; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131813 Published 30 April 2014
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Serum lysyl oxidase-like 2 levels and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis disease progression
Jason W. Chien, Thomas J. Richards, Kevin F. Gibson, Yingze Zhang, Kathleen O. Lindell, Lixin Shao, Susan K. Lyman, Joanne I. Adamkewicz, Victoria Smith, Naftali Kaminski, Thomas O’Riordan

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1430-1438; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00141013 Published 30 April 2014
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Lung cancer

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Relevance of the novel IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinoma in advanced disease
Alma D. Campos-Parra, Alejandro Avilés, Susana Contreras-Reyes, Carlos E. Rojas-Marín, Roberto Sánchez-Reyes, Rafael J. Borbolla-Escoboza, Oscar Arrieta

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1439-1447; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138813 Published 30 April 2014

Experimental studies

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Histone deacetylase inhibition promotes fibroblast apoptosis and ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis in mice
Yan Y. Sanders, James S. Hagood, Hui Liu, Wei Zhang, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Victor J. Thannickal

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1448-1458; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00095113 Published 30 April 2014
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Series

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Microgravity and the respiratory system
G. Kim Prisk

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1459-1471; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00001414 Published 30 April 2014

Reviews

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Beyond the IFN-γ horizon: biomarkers for immunodiagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Novel N. Chegou, Jan Heyckendorf, Gerhard Walzl, Christoph Lange, Morten Ruhwald

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1472-1486; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00151413 Published 30 April 2014
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Treatment options in severe fungal asthma and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Richard B. Moss

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1487-1500; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00139513 Published 30 April 2014
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Agora

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Circulating polymers in α₁-antitrypsin deficiency
Lu Tan, Jennifer A. Dickens, Dawn L. DeMeo, Elena Miranda, Juan Perez, S. Tamir Rashid, James Day, Adriana Ordoñez, Stefan J. Marciniak, Imran Haq, Alan F. Barker, Edward J. Campbell, Edward Eden, Noel G. McElvaney, Stephen I. Rennard, Robert A. Sandhaus, James M. Stocks, James K. Stoller, Charlie Strange, Gerard Turino, Farshid N. Rouhani, Mark Brantly, David A. Lomas

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1501-1504; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00111213 Published 30 April 2014
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Impact of theophylline/corticosteroid combination therapy on sputum hydrogen sulfide levels in patients with COPD
Paul A. Kirkham, Matthew Whiteman, Paul G. Winyard, Gaetano Caramori, Fabiana Gordon, Paul A. Ford, Peter J. Barnes, Ian M. Adcock, Kian Fan Chung

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1504-1506; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131513 Published 30 April 2014
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Inspiratory resistance decreases limb blood flow in COPD patients with heart failure
Gaspar R. Chiappa, Paulo J.C. Vieira, Daniel Umpierre, Ana Paula S. Corrêa, Danilo C. Berton, Jorge P. Ribeiro, J. Alberto Neder

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1507-1510; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00166013 Published 30 April 2014
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Exercise oxygen uptake efficiency slope independently predicts poor outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Roberta P. Ramos, Jaquelina S. Ota-Arakaki, Maria Clara Alencar, Eloara V.M. Ferreira, Luiz Eduardo Nery, J. Alberto Neder

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1510-1512; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00167713 Published 30 April 2014
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Complete resolution of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension following chemotherapy
Lars Harbaum, Jan K. Hennigs, Hans J. Baumann, Carsten Bokemeyer, Horst Olschewski, Hans Klose

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1513-1515; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00185713 Published 30 April 2014
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IgG4-related disease in pulmonary arterial hypertension on long-term epoprostenol treatment
Yuichiro Shirai, Yuichi Tamura, Hidekata Yasuoka, Toru Satoh, Masataka Kuwana

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1516-1519; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00144013 Published 30 April 2014
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Point-of-care urine test for assessing adherence to isoniazid treatment for tuberculosis
Mohammad Roshan Soobratty, Ruth Whitfield, Krithika Subramaniam, Grace Grove, Anthony Carver, Grace V. O'Donovan, Houdini H.T. Wu, Oona Y-C. Lee, Ramasamyiyer Swaminathan, Graham F. Cope, Heather J. Milburn

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1519-1522; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00132613 Published 30 April 2014
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Detecting active pulmonary tuberculosis with a breath test using nanomaterial-based sensors
Morad K. Nakhleh, Raneen Jeries, A'laa Gharra, Anke Binder, Yoav Y. Broza, Mellissa Pascoe, Keertan Dheda, Hossam Haick

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1522-1525; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00019114 Published 30 April 2014
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Rituximab in the treatment of refractory pulmonary sarcoidosis
Nadera J. Sweiss, Elyse E. Lower, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Steven Dudek, Joe G.N. Garcia, David Perkins, Patricia W. Finn, Robert P. Baughman

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1525-1528; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00224513 Published 30 April 2014
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Prevalence and prognosis of unclassifiable interstitial lung disease
Lauren Troy, Ian Glaspole, Nicole Goh, Chris Zappala, Peter Hopkins, Margaret Wilsher, Yuben Moodley, Tamera Corte

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1529-1530; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003414 Published 30 April 2014
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Serum CCL18 is predictive for lung disease progression and mortality in systemic sclerosis
Jonas Schupp, Mike Becker, Jeannine Günther, Joachim Müller-Quernheim, Gabriela Riemekasten, Antje Prasse

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1530-1532; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131713 Published 30 April 2014
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Passive stretch of the diaphragm following unilateral phrenic nerve stimulation
Pleuni E. Hooijman, Coen A.C. Ottenheijm

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1533-1534; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00161713 Published 30 April 2014
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Asthma and risk of pulmonary thromboembolism
Wan-Jie Gu, Jing-Chen Liu

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1534-1535; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00157813 Published 30 April 2014
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T_LNO/T_LCO ratio is not the end of the road
Jean-Benoit Martinot, Hervé Jean-Pierre Guénard

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1535-1536; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00012314 Published 30 April 2014
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Doxycycline in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: not all questions are answered
Bruno Guedes Baldi, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1536-1537; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00008114 Published 30 April 2014
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Doxycycline in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: not all questions are answered
Simon R. Johnson, William Y.C. Chang, Anne E. Tattersfield, Sarah Lewis, Maruti Kumaran, Jennifer L. Cane

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1538; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025014 Published 30 April 2014
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Is the time constant of the pulmonary circulation truly constant?
Juan C. Grignola

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1539-1541; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00158113 Published 30 April 2014
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Is the time constant of the pulmonary circulation truly constant?
Robert Naeije, Marion Delcroix

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1541-1542; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00174213 Published 30 April 2014
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Sleep quality as a confounding factor of maternal weight and preschool wheezing
Karen Tieme Nozoe, Daniel Ninello Polesel, André Campiolo Boin, Gustavo Antônio Moreira, Sergio Tufik, Monica Levy Andersen

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1542-1543; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00202113 Published 30 April 2014
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Sleep quality as a confounding factor of maternal weight and preschool wheezing
Elisabeth T.M. Leermakers, Agnes M.M. Sonnenschein-van der Voort, Romy Gaillard, Albert Hofman, Johan C. de Jongste, Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, Liesbeth Duijts

European Respiratory Journal 43 (5) 1543-1545; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00224013 Published 30 April 2014
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