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Table of Contents

01 April 2015; volume 45, issue 4

Electronic Resources

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    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) E52; Published 31 March 2015
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Editorials

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    ERS guidelines, statements and technical standards published in the ERJ in 2014: a year in review
    Guy G. Brusselle, Mina Gaga
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 863-866; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00238514 Published 31 March 2015
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    Lung cancer diagnosis in the emergency department
    Anne-Pascale Meert, Jean-Paul Sculier, Thierry Berghmans
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 867-868; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00198814 Published 31 March 2015
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    Treatment of COPD and the TOnado trial: a tempest in a teapot?
    Klaus F. Rabe
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 869-871; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00027915 Published 31 March 2015
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    Biomarkers in COPD: the search continues!
    David M. Mannino
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 872-874; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00236314 Published 31 March 2015
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    Number needed to treat: enigmatic results for exacerbations in COPD
    Samy Suissa
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 875-878; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00216514 Published 31 March 2015
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Task Force Report

  • ATS/ERS Statement

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      An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD
      Bartolome R. Celli, Marc Decramer, Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Kevin C. Wilson, Alvar Agustí, Gerard J. Criner, William MacNee, Barry J. Make, Stephen I. Rennard, Robert A. Stockley, Claus Vogelmeier, Antonio Anzueto, David H. Au, Peter J. Barnes, Pierre-Regis Burgel, Peter M. Calverley, Ciro Casanova, Enrico M. Clini, Christopher B. Cooper, Harvey O. Coxson, Daniel J. Dusser, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Bonnie Fahy, Gary T. Ferguson, Andrew Fisher, Monica J. Fletcher, Maurice Hayot, John R. Hurst, Paul W. Jones, Donald A. Mahler, François Maltais, David M. Mannino, Fernando J. Martinez, Marc Miravitlles, Paula M. Meek, Alberto Papi, Klaus F. Rabe, Nicolas Roche, Frank C. Sciurba, Sanjay Sethi, Nikos Siafakas, Don D. Sin, Joan B. Soriano, James K. Stoller, Donald P. Tashkin, Thierry Troosters, Geert M. Verleden, Johny Verschakelen, Jorgen Vestbo, John W. Walsh, George R. Washko, Robert A. Wise, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Richard L. ZuWallack
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 879-905; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00009015 Published 31 March 2015
  • ERS Statement

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      Monitoring asthma in children
      Mariëlle W. Pijnenburg, Eugenio Baraldi, Paul L.P. Brand, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Ernst Eber, Thomas Frischer, Gunilla Hedlin, Neeta Kulkarni, Christiane Lex, Mika J. Mäkelä, Eva Mantzouranis, Alexander Moeller, Ian Pavord, Giorgio Piacentini, David Price, Bart L. Rottier, Sejal Saglani, Peter D. Sly, Stanley J. Szefler, Thomy Tonia, Steve Turner, Edwina Wooler, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 906-925; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088814 Published 31 March 2015
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From the Museum

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    From the Museum: the Art of Thinking. Summary 1-4: Thinking Through
    Tom Kotsimbos
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 926-927; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00450415 Published 31 March 2015

Perspective

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    Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries
    Knut Lönnroth, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Ibrahim Abubakar, Lia D'Ambrosio, Gerard de Vries, Roland Diel, Paul Douglas, Dennis Falzon, Marc-Andre Gaudreau, Delia Goletti, Edilberto R. González Ochoa, Philip LoBue, Alberto Matteelli, Howard Njoo, Ivan Solovic, Alistair Story, Tamara Tayeb, Marieke J. van der Werf, Diana Weil, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Mohamed R.M. Al Lawati, Stefano Aliberti, Wouter Arrazola de Oñate, Draurio Barreira, Vineet Bhatia, Francesco Blasi, Amy Bloom, Judith Bruchfeld, Francesco Castelli, Rosella Centis, Daniel Chemtob, Daniela M. Cirillo, Alberto Colorado, Andrei Dadu, Ulf R. Dahle, Laura De Paoli, Hannah M. Dias, Raquel Duarte, Lanfranco Fattorini, Mina Gaga, Haileyesus Getahun, Philippe Glaziou, Lasha Goguadze, Mirtha del Granado, Walter Haas, Asko Järvinen, Geun-Yong Kwon, Davide Mosca, Payam Nahid, Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Isabel Noguer, Joan O'Donnell, Analita Pace-Asciak, Maria G. Pompa, Gilda G. Popescu, Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, Karin Rønning, Morten Ruhwald, Jean-Paul Sculier, Aleksandar Simunović, Alison Smith-Palmer, Giovanni Sotgiu, Giorgia Sulis, Carlos A. Torres-Duque, Kazunori Umeki, Mukund Uplekar, Catharina van Weezenbeek, Tuula Vasankari, Robert J. Vitillo, Constantia Voniatis, Maryse Wanlin, Mario C. Raviglione
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 928-952; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00214014 Published 31 March 2015

Original Articles

  • Epidemiology

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      Validity of the European short list of respiratory diseases: a 40-year autopsy study
      Anne K. Gulsvik, Andreas H. Henriksen, Einar Svendsen, Sjur Humerfelt, Amund Gulsvik
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 953-961; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00085214 Published 31 March 2015
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      Increased incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Québec residents with airway diseases
      Paul Brassard, Maria Vutcovici, Pierre Ernst, Valérie Patenaude, Maida Sewitch, Samy Suissa, Alain Bitton
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 962-968; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00079414 Published 31 March 2015
  • COPD

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      Tiotropium and olodaterol fixed-dose combination versus mono-components in COPD (GOLD 2–4)
      Roland Buhl, François Maltais, Roger Abrahams, Leif Bjermer, Eric Derom, Gary Ferguson, Matjaž Fležar, Jacques Hébert, Lorcan McGarvey, Emilio Pizzichini, Jim Reid, Antony Veale, Lars Grönke, Alan Hamilton, Lawrence Korducki, Kay Tetzlaff, Stella Waitere-Wijker, Henrik Watz, Eric Bateman
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 969-979; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00136014 Published 31 March 2015
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      Increased IgA production by B-cells in COPD via lung epithelial interleukin-6 and TACI pathways
      Maha Zohra Ladjemi, Marylène Lecocq, Birgit Weynand, Holly Bowen, Hannah J. Gould, Jacques Van Snick, Bruno Detry, Charles Pilette
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 980-993; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00063914 Published 31 March 2015
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  • Asthma

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      Asthma inhaler adherence determinants in adults: systematic review of observational data
      Alexandra L. Dima, Gimena Hernandez, Oriol Cunillera, Montserrat Ferrer, Marijn de Bruin, the ASTRO-LAB group
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 994-1018; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00172114 Published 31 March 2015
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      Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and lung function in adults with asthma: the HUNT Study
      Tricia L. Larose, Arnulf Langhammer, Yue Chen, Carlos A. Camargo Jr, Pål Romundstad, Xiao-Mei Mai
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1019-1026; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00069714 Published 31 March 2015
  • Epidemiology and paediatric asthma

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      Maternal vitamin D and E intakes during pregnancy are associated with asthma in children
      Keith M. Allan, Nanda Prabhu, Leone C.A. Craig, Geraldine McNeill, Bradley Kirby, James McLay, Peter J. Helms, Jon G. Ayres, Anthony Seaton, Stephen W. Turner, Graham Devereux
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1027-1036; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00102214 Published 31 March 2015
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  • Lung function and smoking

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      Plasma pro-surfactant protein B and lung function decline in smokers
      Janice M. Leung, John Mayo, Wan Tan, C. Martin Tammemagi, Geoffrey Liu, Stuart Peacock, Frances A. Shepherd, John Goffin, Glenwood Goss, Garth Nicholas, Alain Tremblay, Michael Johnston, Simon Martel, Francis Laberge, Rick Bhatia, Heidi Roberts, Paul Burrowes, Daria Manos, Lori Stewart, Jean M. Seely, Michel Gingras, Sergio Pasian, Ming-Sound Tsao, Stephen Lam, Don D. Sin for the Pan-Canadian Early Lung Cancer Study Group
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1037-1045; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00184214 Published 31 March 2015
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  • Lung function

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      Spirometric reference values for Malagasy adults aged 18–73 years
      Julia Ratomaharo, Olinto Linares Perdomo, Dave S. Collingridge, Rabezanahary Andriamihaja, Matthew Hegewald, Robert L. Jensen, John Hankinson, Alan H. Morris
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1046-1054; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00114914 Published 31 March 2015
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  • Sleep

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      Intermittent hypoxia alters gut microbiota diversity in a mouse model of sleep apnoea
      Isabel Moreno-Indias, Marta Torres, Josep M. Montserrat, Lidia Sanchez-Alcoholado, Fernando Cardona, Francisco J. Tinahones, David Gozal, Valeryi A. Poroyko, Daniel Navajas, Maria I. Queipo-Ortuño, Ramon Farré
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1055-1065; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00184314 Published 31 March 2015
  • Pulmonary vascular diseases

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      Leptin signalling system as a target for pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy
      Alice Huertas, Ly Tu, Raphaël Thuillet, Morane Le Hiress, Carole Phan, Nicolas Ricard, Sophie Nadaud, Elie Fadel, Marc Humbert, Christophe Guignabert
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1066-1080; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00193014 Published 31 March 2015
  • Tuberculosis

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      Availability, price and affordability of anti-tuberculosis drugs in Europe: a TBNET survey
      Gunar Günther, Gabriela B. Gomez, Christoph Lange, Stephan Rupert, Frank van Leth on behalf of the TBNET
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1081-1088; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00124614 Published 31 March 2015
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      • CME Questions
  • Lung cancer

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      Wedge resection and radiofrequency ablation for stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer
      Marcello C. Ambrogi, Olivia Fanucchi, Paolo Dini, Franca Melfi, Federico Davini, Marco Lucchi, Gabriele Massimetti, Alfredo Mussi
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1089-1097; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00188014 Published 31 March 2015
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      Analysis of advanced lung cancer patients diagnosed following emergency admission
      Daichi Fujimoto, Ryoko Shimizu, Takeshi Morimoto, Ryoji Kato, Yuki Sato, Mariko Kogo, Jiro Ito, Shunsuke Teraoka, Takehiro Otoshi, Kazuma Nagata, Atsushi Nakagawa, Kojiro Otsuka, Nobuyuki Katakami, Keisuke Tomii
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1098-1107; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00068114 Published 31 March 2015
  • Pulmonary pharmacology

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      Prostaglandin D2 and the role of the DP1, DP2 and TP receptors in the control of airway reflex events
      Sarah A. Maher, Mark A. Birrell, John J. Adcock, Michael A. Wortley, Eric D. Dubuis, Sara J. Bonvini, Megan S. Grace, Maria G. Belvisi
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1108-1118; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00061614 Published 31 March 2015
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Review

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    Novel drugs against tuberculosis: a clinician's perspective
    Ioana Diana Olaru, Florian von Groote-Bidlingmaier, Jan Heyckendorf, Wing Wai Yew, Christoph Lange, Kwok Chiu Chang
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1119-1131; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00162314 Published 31 March 2015
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Series

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    Management of EGFR mutated nonsmall cell lung carcinoma patients
    Bogdan Grigoriu, Thierry Berghmans, Anne-Pascale Meert
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1132-1141; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00156614 Published 31 March 2015

State of the Art

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    Anticoagulant treatment for acute pulmonary embolism: a pathophysiology-based clinical approach
    Giancarlo Agnelli, Cecilia Becattini
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1142-1149; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00164714 Published 31 March 2015
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Back to Basics

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    The innate immune function of airway epithelial cells in inflammatory lung disease
    Pieter S. Hiemstra, Paul B. McCray Jr, Robert Bals
    European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1150-1162; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00141514 Published 31 March 2015
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Agora

  • Research letters

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      Lung function in the children of immigrant and UK-born south-Asian mothers
      Claudia E. Kuehni, Marie-Pierre F. Strippoli, Ben D. Spycher, Michael Silverman, Caroline S. Beardsmore
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1163-1166; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00152114 Published 31 March 2015
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      Computed tomography quantification of airway remodelling in normal ageing subjects: a cross-sectional study
      Sébastien Bommart, Grégory Marin, Arnaud Bourdin, Marie Pierre Revel, François Klein, Maurice Hayot, Isabelle Vachier, Pascal Chanez, Marie Christine Picot, Jacques Mercier, Nicolas Molinari, Hélène Vernhet-Kovacsik
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1167-1170; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00215314 Published 31 March 2015
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      Monitoring toxicity in individuals receiving treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review versus expert opinion
      Giovanni Sotgiu, Alberto Matteelli, Haileyesus Getahun, Enrico Girardi, Monica Sañé Schepisi, Rosella Centis, Giovanni Battista Migliori
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1170-1173; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00216814 Published 31 March 2015
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      A novel whole-blood miRNA signature for a rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
      Irene Latorre, Petra Leidinger, Christina Backes, Jose Domínguez, Maria Luiza de Souza-Galvão, Jose Maldonado, Cristina Prat, Juan Ruiz-Manzano, Francisca Sánchez, Irma Casas, Andreas Keller, Hagen von Briesen, Hernando Knobel, Eckart Meese, Andreas Meyerhans
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1173-1176; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00221514 Published 31 March 2015
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      The tolerability of linezolid in the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
      Kevin L. Winthrop, Jennifer H. Ku, Theodore K. Marras, David E. Griffith, Charles L. Daley, Kenneth N. Olivier, Timothy R. Aksamit, Cara D. Varley, Katherine Mackey, D. Rebecca Prevots
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1177-1179; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00169114 Published 31 March 2015
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      Serious adverse events during a 6-min walk test in patients with pulmonary hypertension
      Norman R. Morris, Helen Seale, Julie Harris, Kathleen Hall, Peter Hopkins, Fiona Kermeen
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1179-1182; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00146914 Published 31 March 2015
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      Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis from a consecutive database: a rare disease entity?
      Takeshi Nakatani, Toru Arai, Masanori Kitaichi, Masanori Akira, Kazunobu Tachibana, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Aya Hirooka, Taisuke Tsuji, Shojiro Minomo, Seiji Hayashi, Yoshikazu Inoue
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1183-1186; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00214714 Published 31 March 2015
  • Correspondence

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      Salmeterol/fluticasone combination instead of indacaterol or vice-versa?
      Leonardo M. Fabbri, Alvar Agusti
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1187-1188; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00226314 Published 31 March 2015
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      Salmeterol/fluticasone combination instead of indacaterol or vice-versa?
      Andrea Rossi, Thys van der Molen, Ricardo del Olmo, Luis Wehbe
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1188-1189; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003715 Published 31 March 2015
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      Sleep medicine certification for physicians in Spain
      Josep M. Montserrat, Joaquin Terán-Santos, F. Javier Puertas
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1189-1191; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00188314 Published 31 March 2015
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      Prevalence of Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome in patients with apparently primary spontaneous pneumothorax
      Paul C. Johannesma, Rinze Reinhard, Yael Kon, Jincey D. Sriram, Hans J. Smit, R. Jeroen A. van Moorselaar, Fred H. Menko, Pieter E. Postmus on behalf of the Amsterdam BHD working group
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1191-1194; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00196914 Published 31 March 2015
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      Inherent weaknesses of the current ICD coding system regarding idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
      Vasilios Tzilas, Demosthenes Bouros
      European Respiratory Journal 45 (4) 1194-1196; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00205914 Published 31 March 2015
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