Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 2 - Number: 12 - September 15, 2002

Outstanding

Expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors by mast cells alone, but not lymphocytes, macrophages or other immune cells in human upper airways

Assessment of quality of life in lung transplantation using a simple generic tool

Is home monitoring of lung function worthwhile for children with asthma?

Tobacco control: from concern for the lung to global political action

Articles

First randomised trial of treatments for pulmonary disease caused by M avium intracellulare, M malmoense, and M xenopi in HIV negative patients: rifampicin, ethambutol and isoniazid versus rifampicin and ethambutol

Tuberculosis at the end of the 20th century in England and Wales: results of a national survey in 1998

Peak flow diaries in childhood asthma are unreliable

The quality of home spirometry in school children with asthma

Comparison of the systemic effects of fluticasone propionate and budesonide given by dry powder inhaler in healthy and asthmatic subjects

Factors influencing the relation of infant feeding to asthma and recurrent wheeze in childhood

Medical treatment for reflux oesophagitis does not consistently improve asthma control: a systematic review

Expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors by mast cells alone, but not lymphocytes, macrophages or other immune cells in human upper airways

Management and survival of patients with lung cancer in Scotland diagnosed in 1995: results of a national population based study

Assessment of quality of life in lung transplantation using a simple generic tool

Similarities and differences in lectin cytochemistry of laryngeal and tracheal epithelium and subepithelial seromucous glands in cases of sudden infant death and controls

Proximity to coke works and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular disease in England and Wales

Social predictors of adult asthma: a co-twin case-control study

Relationship between anxiety, depression, and morbidity in adult asthma patients

Bone mineral density in subjects with mild asthma randomised to treatment with inhaled corticosteroids or non-corticosteroid treatment for two years

Adverse effects of oral corticosteroids in relation to dose in patients with lung disease

Controlled low flow off line sampling of exhaled nitric oxide in children

Prenatal risk factors of wheezing at the age of four years in Tanzania

Cases Reports

Continuous venovenous haemofiltration for the treatment of theophylline toxicity

Clinical Guidelines

Statement on malignant mesothelioma in the United Kingdom

Perspectives and Editorial

A step forward in the evidence-based treatment of opportunist mycobacteria

Is home monitoring of lung function worthwhile for children with asthma?

Systemic effects of inhaled corticosteroids are milder in asthmatic patients than in normal subjects

Tobacco control: from concern for the lung to global political action

Nottingham University and British American Tobacco

Reviews and Trials

Paediatric origins of adult lung disease: Cystic fibrosis