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Original Articles

• COPD and asthma

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    Common genes underlying asthma and COPD? Genome-wide analysis on the Dutch hypothesis

    Joanna Smolonska, Gerard H. Koppelman, Cisca Wijmenga, Judith M. Vonk, Pieter Zanen, Marcel Bruinenberg, Ivan Curjuric, Medea Imboden, Gian-Andri Thun, Lude Franke, Nicole M. Probst-Hensch, Peter Nürnberg, Roland A. Riemersma, Constant P. van Schayck, Daan W. Loth, Guy G. Brusselle, Bruno H. Stricker, Albert Hofman, André G. Uitterlinden, Lies Lahousse, Stephanie J. London, Laura R. Loehr, Ani Manichaikul, R. Graham Barr, Kathleen M. Donohue, Stephen S. Rich, Peter Pare, Yohan Bossé, Ke Hao, Maarten van den Berge, Harry J.M. Groen, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, Willem Mali, H. Marike Boezen, Dirkje S. Postma

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 860-872; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00001914 Published 30 September 2014

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• COPD

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    The COPD assessment test: a systematic review

    Nisha Gupta, Lancelot M. Pinto, Andreea Morogan, Jean Bourbeau

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 873-884; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025214 Published 30 September 2014

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    Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD

    Sally L. Wootton, L.W. Cindy Ng, Zoe J. McKeough, Sue Jenkins, Kylie Hill, Peter R. Eastwood, David R. Hillman, Nola Cecins, Lissa M. Spencer, Christine Jenkins, Jennifer A. Alison

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 885-894; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00078014 Published 30 September 2014

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• Asthma and smoking

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    Low sputum MMP-9/TIMP ratio is associated with airway narrowing in smokers with asthma

    Rekha Chaudhuri, Charles McSharry, Jeffrey Brady, Christal Grierson, C. Martina Messow, Mark Spears, Gino Miele, Karl Nocka, William MacNee, Martin Connell, John T. Murchison, Michael Sproule, Omar J. Hilmi, Douglas K. Miller, Neil C. Thomson

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 895-904; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00047014 Published 30 September 2014

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• Lung function

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    All-age relationship between arm span and height in different ethnic groups

    Philip H. Quanjer, André Capderou, Mumtaz M. Mazicioglu, Ashutosh N. Aggarwal, Sudip Datta Banik, Stevo Popovic, Francis A.K. Tayie, Mohammad Golshan, Mary S.M. Ip, Marc Zelter

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 905-912; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00054014 Published 30 September 2014

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• Paediatric pulmonology

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    The effect of 3% and 6% hypertonic saline in viral bronchiolitis: a randomised controlled trial

    Jasmijn Teunissen, Anne H.J. Hochs, Anja Vaessen-Verberne, Annemie L.M. Boehmer, Carien C.J.M. Smeets, Hein Brackel, René van Gent, Judith Wesseling, Danielle Logtens-Stevens, Ronald de Moor, Philippe P.R. Rosias, Steph Potgieter, Marianne R. Faber, Han J.E. Hendriks, Maryska L.G. Janssen-Heijnen, Bettina F. Loza

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 913-921; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00159613 Published 30 September 2014

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• Cystic fibrosis

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    Pyrosequencing reveals transient cystic fibrosis lung microbiome changes with intravenous antibiotics

    Daniel J. Smith, Alison C. Badrick, Martha Zakrzewski, Lutz Krause, Scott C. Bell, Gregory J. Anderson, David W. Reid

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 922-930; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00203013 Published 30 September 2014

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• Sleep

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    Nocturnal intermittent hypoxia predicts prevalent hypertension in the European Sleep Apnoea Database cohort study

    Ruzena Tkacova, Walter T. McNicholas, Martin Javorsky, Ingo Fietze, Pawel Sliwinski, Gianfranco Parati, Ludger Grote, Jan Hedner on behalf of the European Sleep Apnoea Database study collaborators

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 931-941; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00225113 Published 30 September 2014

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• Pulmonary vascular diseases

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    Trends in hospital admissions for pulmonary embolism in Spain from 2002 to 2011

    Javier de Miguel-Díez, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, David Jiménez, Manuel Monreal, Ricardo Guijarro, Remedios Otero, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Javier Trujillo-Santos, Ana López de Andrés, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 942-950; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00194213 Published 30 September 2014
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    Comprehensive analysis of inflammatory markers in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients

    Diana Zabini, Akos Heinemann, Vasile Foris, Chandran Nagaraj, Patrick Nierlich, Zoltán Bálint, Grazyna Kwapiszewska, Irene M. Lang, Walter Klepetko, Horst Olschewski, Andrea Olschewski

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 951-962; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00145013 Published 30 September 2014

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    Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in Chinese patients

    Yan-Jie Hao, Xin Jiang, Wei Zhou, Yong Wang, Lan Gao, Yu Wang, Guang-Tao Li, Tao Hong, Yong Huo, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Zhuo-Li Zhang

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 963-972; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00182813 Published 30 September 2014

• Tuberculosis

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    Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB and MDR-TB in HIV-infected patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Philip Wikman-Jorgensen, Jara Llenas-García, Michael Hobbins, Jochen Ehmer, Rosa Abellana, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Tomàs Maria Pérez-Porcuna, Carlos Ascaso

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 973-984; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00079614 Published 30 September 2014

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• Sarcoidosis

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    Longitudinal analysis of sarcoidosis blood transcriptomic signatures and disease outcomes

    Robert Su, Michael M. Li, Nirav R. Bhakta, Owen D. Solberg, Eli P.B. Darnell, Joris Ramstein, Suresh Garudadri, Melissa Ho, Prescott G. Woodruff, Laura L. Koth

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 985-993; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00039714 Published 30 September 2014

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• Lung cancer

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    Lung cancer in never-smokers: a case–control study in a radon-prone area (Galicia, Spain)

    María Torres-Durán, Alberto Ruano-Ravina, Isaura Parente-Lamelas, Virginia Leiro-Fernández, José Abal-Arca, Carmen Montero-Martínez, Carolina Pena-Álvarez, Francisco Javier González-Barcala, Olalla Castro-Añón, Antonio Golpe-Gómez, Cristina Martínez, María José Mejuto-Martí, Alberto Fernández-Villar, Juan Miguel Barros-Dios

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 994-1001; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00017114 Published 30 September 2014

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• Experimental studies

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    Club cell 10-kDa protein attenuates airway mucus hypersecretion and inflammation

    Erika Tokita, Tsuyoshi Tanabe, Kazuhito Asano, Harumi Suzaki, Bruce K. Rubin

    European Respiratory Journal 44 (4) 1002-1010; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00080913 Published 30 September 2014