Comment:

PF Fedullo, LJ Rubin, KM Kerr, WR Auger, and RN Channick

The natural history of acute and chronic thromboembolic disease: the search for the missing link
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 435-437. [PDF]  

Editorials:

KF Chung and PJ Sterk

The airway smooth muscle cell: a major contributor to asthma?
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 438-439. [PDF]  

Original Articles:

P Egermayer and AJ Peacock

Is pulmonary embolism a common cause of chronic pulmonary hypertension? Limitations of the embolic hypothesis
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 440-448. [Abstract] [PDF]  

IP Hall

Pharmacogenetics of asthma
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 449-451. [PDF]  

T Tanita, C Song, H Kubo, S Ono, and S Fujimura

Endothelial signal transduction system enhances neutrophil-induced pulmonary vascular permeability
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 452-458. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WJ D'Souza, T Slater, C Fox, B Fox, H Te Karu, T Gemmell, MM Ratima, NE Pearce, and RB Beasley

Asthma morbidity 6 yrs after an effective asthma self-management programme in a Maori community
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 464-469. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Siroux, I Pin, MP Oryszczyn, N Le Moual, and F Kauffmann

Relationships of active smoking to asthma and asthma severity in the EGEA study. Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 470-477. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B Vrugt, S Wilson, A Bron, J Shute, ST Holgate, R Djukanovic, and R Aalbers

Low-dose methotrexate treatment in severe glucocorticoid-dependent asthma: effect on mucosal inflammation and in vitro sensitivity to glucocorticoids of mitogen-induced T-cell proliferation
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 478-485. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K Parameswaran, E Pizzichini, MM Pizzichini, P Hussack, A Efthimiadis, and FE Hargreave

Clinical judgement of airway inflammation versus sputum cell counts in patients with asthma
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 486-490. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A KleinJan, JG Vinke, LW Severijnen, and WJ Fokkens

Local production and detection of (specific) IgE in nasal B-cells and plasma cells of allergic rhinitis patients
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 491-497. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ML Rubio, MV Sanchez-Cifuentes, M Ortega, G Peces-Barba, JD Escolar, S Verbanck, M Paiva, and N Gonzalez Mangado

N-acetylcysteine prevents cigarette smoke induced small airways alterations in rats
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 505-511. [Abstract] [PDF]  

BE Lams, AR Sousa, PJ Rees, and TH Lee

Subepithelial immunopathology of the large airways in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 512-516. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Ochs, H Fehrenbach, I Nenadic, T Bando, A Fehrenbach, D Schepelmann, JM Albes, T Wahlers, and J Richter

Preservation of intraalveolar surfactant in a rat lung ischaemia/reperfusion injury model
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 526-531. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Enhorning, J Hohlfeld, N Krug, G Lema, and RC Welliver

Surfactant function affected by airway inflammation and cooling: possible impact on exercise-induced asthma
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 532-538. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MB Chaudri, C Liu, L Watson, D Jefferson, and WJ Kinnear

Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure as a marker of respiratory function in motor neuron disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 539-542. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Spiliopoulos and M de Perrot

Four decades of surgery for bronchogenic carcinoma in one centre
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 543-546. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Ponticiello, E Barra, U Giani, M Bocchino, and A Sanduzzi

P53 immunohistochemistry can identify bronchial dysplastic lesions proceeding to lung cancer: a prospective study
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 547-552. [Abstract] [PDF]  

W Roemer, G Hoek, B Brunekreef, J Clench-Aas, B Forsberg, J Pekkanen, and A Schutz

PM10 elemental composition and acute respiratory health effects in European children (PEACE project). Pollution Effects on Asthmatic Children in Europe
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 553-559. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y Cormier, E Israel-Assayag, G Racine, and C Duchaine

Farming practices and the respiratory health risks of swine confinement buildings
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 560-565. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Scalfaro, J Cotting, and PD Sly

In vitro assessment of an ultrasonic flowmeter for use in ventilated infants
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 566-569. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Kaplan, JN Zhang, EW Russi, and KE Bloch

Detection of inspiratory flow limitation during sleep by computer assisted respiratory inductive plethysmography
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 570-578. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MG Belvisi, EB Haddad, C Battram, M Birrell, M Foster, and S Webber

Anti-inflammatory properties of ebselen in a model of sephadex-induced lung inflammation
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 579-581. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Ramis, G Bioque, J Lorente, P Jares, P Quesada, J Rosello-Catafau, E Gelpi, and O Bulbena

Constitutive nuclear factor-kappaB activity in human upper airway tissues and nasal epithelial cells
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 582-589. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Juniper, MA Hack, CF George, RJ Davies, and Stradling, JR

Steering simulation performance in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and matched control subjects
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 590-595. [Abstract] [PDF]  

YM Luo, ML Harris, RA Lyall, A Watson, MI Polkey, and J Moxham

Assessment of diaphragm paralysis with oesophageal electromyography and unilateral magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 596-599. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SJ Gunst and DD Tang

The contractile apparatus and mechanical properties of airway smooth muscle
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 600-616. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clinical Trial:

M Watt, AJ Peacock, J Newell, T McDonagh, and S Grant

The effect of amlodipine on respiratory and pulmonary vascular responses to hypoxia in mountaineers
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 459-463. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E Katz-Papatheophilou, W Heindl, H Gelbmann, P Hollaus, and M Neumann

Effects of biphasic positive airway pressure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 498-504. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L Puente-Maestu, ML Sanz, P Sanz, JM Cubillo, J Mayol, and R Casaburi

Comparison of effects of supervised versus self-monitored training programmes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 517-525. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Case Studies:

GJ Archer, JL Hoyle, A McCluskey, and J Macdonald

Inspiratory vocal cord dysfunction, a new approach in treatment
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 617-618. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Shimizu, O Tanabe, C Anzai, K Uchida, H Tada, and K Yoshimura

Detection of measles virus genome in bronchoalveolar lavage cells in a patient with measles pneumonia
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 619-622. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Schmidt, C Dercken, O Loke, S Reimann, S Diederich, S Blasius, and S Heidenreich

Pulmonary manifestation of systemic mast cell disease
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 623-625. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Villena, R Hidalgo, MT Sotelo, and P Martin-Escribano

Montelukast and Churg-Strauss syndrome
Eur Respir J 2000 15: 626. [PDF]  

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