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Volume 70 Issue 1 | THORAX January 2015
Editorials
Critical care
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Dysregulated fibulin-5 expression and
elastogenesis in COPD lungs: pyromaniac
or fire fighter?
G Brusselle
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Traffic-related air pollution: an avoidable
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P D Sly
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Biomarkers to exclude the diagnosis
of ventilator-associated pneumonia
M A Matthay
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Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary host
inflammatory mediators in the exclusion
of ventilator-acquired pneumonia
S Nathan (USA)
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T Sethi (UK)
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D Thickett (UK)
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Not all wheeze is asthma: time for patients
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T Fardon (UK)
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Respiratory epidemiology
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Heterogeneous gene expression signatures
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A Bush, I Pavord
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J H Hull
Endotyping idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
should improve outcomes for all patients
with progressive fibrotic lung disease
J Gibson (UK)
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Interstitial lung disease
Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bronchiectasis:
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Prevalence of exercise-induced
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laryngeal obstruction in a general adolescent
population
H Johansson, K Norlander, L Berglund, C Janson,
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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A large lung gene expression study
identifying fibulin-5 as a novel player
in tissue repair in COPD
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Intrauterine and early postnatal exposure
to outdoor air pollution and lung function
at preschool age
E Morales, R Garcia-Esteban,
O Asensio de la Cruz, M Basterrechea,
A Lertxundi, M D M L de Dicastillo,
C Zabaleta, J Sunyer
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Pulmonary puzzles
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Respiratory microbiota: addressing clinical
questions, informing clinical practice
OPEN ACCESS
G B Rogers, D Shaw, R L Marsh, M P Carroll,
D J Serisier, K D Bruce
Case based discussions
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Decreased glutathione and low catalase
activity contribute to oxidative stress in
children with α-1 antitrypsin deficiency
A Escribano, M Amor, S Pastor, S Castillo, F Sanz,
P Codoñer-Franch, F Dasí
Images in thorax
Intrapulmonary vascular shunt pathways
in alveolar capillary dysplasia with
misalignment of pulmonary veins
C Galambos, S Sims-Lucas, N Ali, J Gien,
M K Dishop, S H Abman
An adolescent with persistent cough,
abdominal pain and refusal to walk
from Salesi Children’s Hospital
S Angeloni, I Carloni, P Osimani, L Amici,
C Lanza, F M de Benedictis
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Lesson of the month: rowing-induced
laryngeal obstruction: a novel cause of
exertional dyspnoea: characterised
by direct laryngoscopy
B Panchasara, C Nelson, R Niven, S Ward,
J H Hull
Research letters
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J Hutton, C McBrien, Z Sardelis, G McGann
Review
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A rapid change in a patient’s chest radiograph
appearances
A deadly web
A M Nanzer, S Jordan, S Padley,
M Griffiths, M Hind
Journal club summaries
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What’s hot that the other lot got
C Lee
PostScript
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Correspondence
Chest clinic
Audit, research and guideline update
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Which intravenous bronchodilators are being
administered to children presenting with acute
severe wheeze in the UK and Ireland?
I Morris, M D Lyttle, R O’Sullivan, N Sargant,
I J M Doull, C V E Powell, on behalf of the PERUKI
network
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