Respirology

FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
pp. 673-675(3)

EDITORIAL
pp. 676-677(2)

Obstructive sleep apnoea and stroke
pp. 678-680(3)

Skeletal muscles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Deconditioning, or myopathy?
pp. 681-686(6)
Author: WAGNER, PeterD.

Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and susceptibility to targeted therapy in lung cancer
pp. 687-692(6)
Authors: AHMED, SyedM.; SALGIA, Ravi

Clinical aspects of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors: Benefit and risk
pp. 693-698(6)
Authors: KATO, Tefurumi; NISHIO, Kazuto

Antituberculosis drugs and hepatotoxicity
pp. 699-707(9)
Authors: YEW, WingWai; LEUNG, ChiChiu

Elevated levels of interferon γ-inducible protein-10 and epithelial neutrophil-activating peptide-78 in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis
pp. 708-714(7)
Authors: SUGIYAMA, Kanako; MUKAE, Hiroshi; ISHII, Hiroshi; KAKUGAWA, Tomoyuki; ISHIMOTO, Hiroshi; NAKAYAMA, Seiko; SHIRAI, Ryo; FUJII, Takeshi; MIZUTA, Yohei; KOHNO, Shigeru

Temporal changes in cytokine/chemokine profiles and pulmonary involvement in severe acute respiratory syndrome
pp. 715-722(8)
Authors: CHIEN, Jung-Yien; HSUEH, Po-Ren; CHENG, Wern-Cherng; YU, Chong-Jen; YANG, Pan-Chyr

Sleep-disordered breathing and continuous positive airway pressure compliance in a group of commercial bus drivers in Hong Kong
pp. 723-730(8)
Authors: HUI, DavidS.C.; KO, FannyW.S.; CHAN, JosephK.W.; TO, KinW.; FOK, JoanP.C.; NGAI, JennyC.; CHAN, MichaelC.H.; TUNG, Alvin; CHAN, DorisP.; HO, CatherineW.; LAI, ChristopherK.W.

Clinical analysis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes classified using high-resolution computed tomography
pp. 731-740(10)
Authors: FUJIMOTO, Keisaku; KITAGUCHI, Yoshiaki; KUBO, Keishi; HONDA, Takayuki

Systemic antioxidant defences during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pp. 741-747(7)
Authors: SADOWSKA, AnnaM.; LUYTEN, Chris; VINTS, Anne-Marie; VERBRAECKEN, Johan; RANST, DirkVan; BACKER, WilfriedA. De

Comparison of Natural and Dumon airway stents for the management of benign tracheobronchial stenoses
pp. 748-754(7)
Authors: RYU, YonJu; KIM, Hojoong; YU, Chang-Min; CHOI, JaeChul; KWON, YongSoo; KIM, Jhingook; SUH, SooWon

Intrapleural heparin or heparin combined with human recombinant DNase is not effective in the treatment of empyema in a rabbit model
pp. 755-760(6)
Authors: DIKENSOY, Oner; ZHU, Zhiwen; NA, MoonJun; LIAO, Huai; DONNELLY, Edwin; LIGHT, RichardW.

Comparison of pre- and postoperative pulmonary function in obese and non-obese female patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
pp. 761-766(6)
Authors: AKDUR, Hülya; YIðIT, Zerrin; SÖZEN, AhmetBilge; ÇAðATAY, Tülin; GÜVEN, Özen

Effectiveness of early budesonide intervention in Caucasian versus Asian patients with asthma: 3-year results of the START study
pp. 767-775(9)
Authors: TAN, WanC.; LAMM, CarlJ.; CHEN, Yu-Zhi; O'BYRNE, PaulM.; PEDERSEN, Søren; BUSSE, WilliamW.; OHLSSON, StefanV.; ULLMAN, Anders; ANDERSSON, Bertil; PAUWELS, RomainA.

Long-term effect of bronchial artery embolization in Korean patients with haemoptysis
pp. 776-781(6)
Authors: KIM, YongGil; YOON, Hyun-Ki; KO, GiYoung; LIM, Chae-Man; KIM, WonDong; KOH, Younsuck

Transbronchial needle aspiration cytology of subcarinal lymph nodes for the staging procedure in the diagnosis of lung cancer
pp. 782-785(4)
Authors: AONO, Hiromi; OKAMOTO, Hiroaki; KUNIKANE, Hiroshi; NAGATOMO, Akira; WATANABE, Koshiro; NAGAI, Atsushi

Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as community-acquired pneumonia
pp. 786-792(7)
Authors: LIAM, Chong-Kin; PANG, Yong-Kek; POOSPARAJAH, Shyamala

Cost of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Korea
pp. 793-798(6)
Authors: KANG, YoungAe; CHOI, Yong-Jun; CHO, Young-Jae; LEE, SangMin; YOO, Chul-Gyu; KIM, YoungWhan; HAN, SungKoo; SHIM, Young-Soo; YIM, Jae-Joon

Home respiratory muscle training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pp. 799-804(6)
Authors: BATTAGLIA, Elvia; FULGENZI, Alessandro; BERNUCCI, Stefano; GIARDINI, MarioE.; FERRERO, MariaE.

Serology of Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with chronic cough
pp. 805-808(4)
Authors: KIM, WooJin; LEE, HuiYoung; LEE, MiEun; LEE, Seung-Joon

Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis as a complication of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease
pp. 809-813(5)
Authors: KOBASHI, Yoshihiro; FUKUDA, Minoru; YOSHIDA, Kouichiro; MIYASHITA, Naoyuki; NIKI, Yoshihito; OKA, Mikio

Interstitial pneumonia caused by inhalation of fumes of nickel and chrome
pp. 814-817(4)
Authors: HISATOMI, Keiko; ISHII, Hiroshi; HASHIGUCHI, Koji; SEKI, Masafumi; IDE, Mioko; SUGIYAMA, Kanako; ISHIMOTO, Hiroshi; NAKAYAMA, Seiko; Mukae, Hiroshi; Kohno, Shigeru

Risk factors and independent predictors of survival in patients with pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma. Review of the literature and a case report
pp. 818-825(8)
Authors: AMIN, RandaM.S.; HIROSHIMA, Kenzo; KOKUBO, Takeshi; NISHIKAWA, Masafumi; NARITA, Makoto; KUROKI, Motoo; NAKATANI, Yukio

Epithelioid sarcoma presenting as pulmonary cysts with cancer antigen 125 expression
pp. 826-829(4)
Authors: KIKUCHI, Eiki; KINOSHITA, Ichiro; YAMAZAKI, Koichi; ITOH, Tomoo; SHIMIZU, Tadamichi; SHIMIZU, Hiroshi; NISHIMURA, Masaharu

Correlation between rheumatoid factor and peripheral eosinophil count in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
pp. 830-832(3)
Authors: KUDOU, Megumi; YASUBA, Hirotaka; KOBAYASHI, Yoshiki; HAMADA, Kazuyuki; KITA, Hideo

Occult bronchial foreign body in the middle lobe in an adult: should it be removed or not?
pp. 833-833(1)
Authors: TÜRÜT, Hasan; GULHAN, Erkmen; TASTEPE, İrfan

Occult bronchial foreign body in the middle lobe in an adult: should it be removed: Response
pp. 834-834(1)
Authors: YILMAZ, Adnan; DAMADOGLU, Ebru

Gefitinib is an additional prognostic factor in metastatic lung adenocarcinoma
pp. 835-835(1)
Authors: KAGOHASHI, Katsunori; SATOH, Hiroaki; OHTSUKA, Morio

Gefitinib is an additional prognostic factor in metastatic lung adenocarcinoma: Response
pp. 836-836(1)
Authors: LIAM, Chong-Kin; PANG, Yong-Kek; LEOW, Chai-Hooi