Congresses:

MR Partridge, LM Fabbri, and KF Chung

Delivering effective asthma care--how do we implement asthma guidelines?
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 235-237. [PDF]  

Editorials:

CP van Schayck

Is lung function really a good parameter in evaluating the long-term effects of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD?
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 238-239. [PDF]  

Original Articles:

E Fireman and Y Lerman

Possible future of induced sputum in interstitial lung disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 240-242. [PDF]  

J Kinhult, JA Andersson, R Uddman, P Stjarne, and LO Cardell

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide 38 a potent endogenously produced dilator of human airways
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 243-247. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Ichinose, T Takahashi, H Sugiura, N Endoh, M Miura, Y Mashito, and K Shirato

Baseline airway hyperresponsiveness and its reversible component: role of airway inflammation and airway calibre
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 248-253. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Sanchez-Toril, L Prieto, R Peris, JA Perez, M Millan, and J Marin

Differences in airway responsiveness to acetaldehyde and methacholine in asthma and chronic bronchitis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 260-265. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RG Barr, PG Woodruff, S Clark, and Camargo CA, Jr

Sudden-onset asthma exacerbations: clinical features, response to therapy, and 2-week follow-up. Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration (MARC) investigators
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 266-273. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SW Crooks, DL Bayley, SL Hill, and RA Stockley

Bronchial inflammation in acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: the role of leukotriene B4
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 274-280. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MA Higham, NB Pride, A Alikhan, and NW Morrell

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter polymorphism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 281-284. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Ward, F Thien, J Secombe, S Gollant, and EH Walters

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid urea as a measure of pulmonary permeability in healthy smokers
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 285-290. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Sonnenberg, J Murray, Glynn, JR, RG Thomas, P Godfrey-Faussett, and S Shearer

Risk factors for pulmonary disease due to culture-positive M. tuberculosis or nontuberculous mycobacteria in South African gold miners
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 291-296. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Stone, M Tuinman, JE Vamvakopoulos, J Shaw, D Brown, S Petterson, SP Faux, P Borm, W MacNee, F Michaelangeli, and K Donaldson

Increased calcium influx in a monocytic cell line on exposure to ultrafine carbon black
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 297-303. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Raitio and E Tala

Tuberculosis among health care workers during three recent decades
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 304-307. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Attal, C Coirault, D Chemla, FX Blanc, P Rocher, JC Pourny, S Bobin, and Y Lecarpentier

Isotonic mechanics of a pharyngeal dilator muscle and diaphragm in the rat before and after fatigue
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 308-313. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Farre, E Gavela, M Rotger, M Ferrer, J Roca, and D Navajas

Noninvasive assessment of respiratory resistance in severe chronic respiratory patients with nasal CPAP
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 314-319. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Grimpen, P Kanne, E Schulz, G Hagenah, G Hasenfuss, and S Andreas

Endothelin-1 plasma levels are not elevated in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 320-325. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D Veale, E Chailleux, A Hoorelbeke-Ramon, O Reybet-Degas, MP Humeau-Chapuis, F Alluin-Aigouy, B Fleury, O Jonquet, and P Michard

Mortality of sleep apnoea patients treated by nasal continuous positive airway pressure registered in the ANTADIR observatory. Association Nationale pour le Traitement A Domicile de l'Insuffisance Respiratoire chronique
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 326-331. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T Similowski, V Attali, G Bensimon, F Salachas, S Mehiri, I Arnulf, L Lacomblez, M Zelter, V Meininger, and JP Derenne

Diaphragmatic dysfunction and dyspnoea in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 332-337. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Lofaso, R Fodil, H Lorino, K Leroux, A Quintel, A Leroy, and A Harf

Inaccuracy of tidal volume delivered by home mechanical ventilators
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 338-341. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Hidi, S Timmermans, E Liu, C Schudt, G Dent, ST Holgate, and R Djukanovic

Phosphodiesterase and cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent inhibition of T-lymphocyte chemotaxis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 342-349. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B Bewig, XD Wang, D Kirsten, K Dalhoff, and H Schafer

GM-CSF and GM-CSF beta c receptor in adult patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 350-357. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SZ Wang, PG Hallsworth, KD Dowling, JH Alpers, JJ Bowden, and KD Forsyth

Adhesion molecule expression on epithelial cells infected with respiratory syncytial virus
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 358-366. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Coste, L Brugel, B Maitre, S Boussat, JF Papon, L Wingerstmann, R Peynegre, and E Escudier

Inflammatory cells as well as epithelial cells in nasal polyps express vascular endothelial growth factor
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 367-372. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Imokawa, TV Colby, KO Leslie, and RA Helmers

Methotrexate pneumonitis: review of the literature and histopathological findings in nine patients
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 373-381. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L Kroger, M Korppi, J Pelkonen, M Pietikainen, and ML Katila

Development of tuberculin reactivity and sensitization to M. scrofulaceum and M. fortuitum in children BCG-vaccinated at birth
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 382-387. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Wolf, C Boyer-Neumann, F Parent, V Eschwege, H Jaillet, D Meyer, and G Simonneau

Thrombotic risk factors in pulmonary hypertension
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 395-399. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y Mitani, J Maruyama, A Yokochi, K Maruyama, T Yoshimoto, M Naruse, and M Sakurai

Modulated vasodilator responses to natriuretic peptides in rats exposed to chronic hypoxia
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 400-406. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Andreas, S Heindl, C Wattky, K Moller, and R Ruchel

Diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis using optical brighteners
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 407-411. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D Bouros, AC Nicholson, V Polychronopoulos, and RM du Bois

Acute interstitial pneumonia
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 412-418. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clinical Trial:

PN Black, R Scicchitano, CR Jenkins, F Blasi, L Allegra, J Wlodarczyk, and BC Cooper

Serological evidence of infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae is related to the severity of asthma
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 254-259. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JY Wong, S Moon, C Beardsmore, C O'Callaghan, and H Simpson

No objective benefit from steroids inhaled via a spacer in infants recovering from bronchiolitis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 388-394. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Case Studies:

AP van der Weerdt, HA van Dijk, and WG Boersma

Opacity over the left hemithorax after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 419-420. [PDF]  

K Hamada, S Teramoto, N Narita, E Yamada, K Teramoto, and L Kobzik

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in pulmonary Langerhans' cell granulomatosis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 421-423. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NJ Zurick, AJ Henderson, and SC Langton-Hewer

A method for bronchoscopic evaluation of salivary aspiration in a disabled child
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 424-425. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HL Crocker, J Pfitzner, IR Doyle, WM Hague, BJ Smith, and RE Ruffin

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: two contrasting cases
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 426-429. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SC Lee, YL Cheng, and CP Yu

Haemopneumothorax from congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation in a cryptorchidism patient
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 430-432. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Comment:

A Shupak

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 433. [PDF]  

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