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Airwaves

	Airwaves Wisia Wedzicha Thorax 2008; 63: i. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Should we be using statistics to define disease? David M Mannino Thorax 2008; 63: 1031-1032. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100081 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	COPD and biomarkers: the search goes on Gerard M Turino Thorax 2008; 63: 1032-1034. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105957 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	RAGE: a biomarker for acute lung injury Mark J D Griffiths and Danny F McAuley Thorax 2008; 63: 1034-1036. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101493 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Thorax update: October 2007–September 2008 Jadwiga A Wedzicha and Sebastian L Johnston Thorax 2008; 63: 1036-1037. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in Thorax

	Intracardiac extension of lung cancer via the pulmonary vein M-T Lin, S-C Ku, M-Z Wu, and C-J Yu Thorax 2008; 63: 1122. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

	Clinical course and prognosis of never-smokers with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ) H A Tanash, P M Nilsson, J-Å Nilsson, and E Piitulainen Thorax 2008; 63: 1091-1095. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 5 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.095497

Asthma

	Association analysis identifies TLR7 and TLR8 as novel risk genes in asthma and related disorders S Møller-Larsen, M Nyegaard, A Haagerup, J Vestbo, T A Kruse, and A D Børglum Thorax 2008; 63: 1064-1069. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 5 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094128
	Effects of atorvastatin added to inhaled corticosteroids on lung function and sputum cell counts in atopic asthma E J Hothersall, R Chaudhuri, C McSharry, I Donnelly, J Lafferty, A D McMahon, C J Weir, J Meiklejohn, N Sattar, I McInnes, S Wood, and N C Thomson Thorax 2008; 63: 1070-1075. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 29 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100198
	Increased levels of cysteinyl-leukotrienes in saliva, induced sputum, urine and blood from patients with aspirin-intolerant asthma F Gaber, K Daham, A Higashi, N Higashi, A Gülich, I Delin, A James, M Skedinger, P Gyllfors, M Nord, S-E Dahlén, M Kumlin, and B Dahlén Thorax 2008; 63: 1076-1082. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 29 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101196

Respiratory infection

	Management of acute bronchiolitis: can evidence based guidelines alter clinical practice? J Barben, C E Kuehni, D Trachsel, J Hammer on behalf of the Swiss Paediatric Respiratory Research Group Thorax 2008; 63: 1103-1109. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 22 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094706

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

	Using the lower limit of normal for the FEV1/FVC ratio reduces the misclassification of airway obstruction M P Swanney, G Ruppel, P L Enright, O F Pedersen, R O Crapo, M R Miller, R L Jensen, E Falaschetti, J P Schouten, J L Hankinson, J Stocks, and P H Quanjer Thorax 2008; 63: 1046-1051. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 11 September 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.098483
	Nocturnal non-invasive ventilation in addition to rehabilitation in hypercapnic patients with COPD M L Duiverman, J B Wempe, G Bladder, D F Jansen, H A M Kerstjens, J G Zijlstra, and P J Wijkstra Thorax 2008; 63: 1052-1057. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 18 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099044
	Evaluation of serum CC-16 as a biomarker for COPD in the ECLIPSE cohort D A Lomas, E K Silverman, L D Edwards, B E Miller, H O Coxson, R Tal-Singer on behalf of the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) investigators Thorax 2008; 63: 1058-1063. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 29 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102574

Lung cancer

	Pulmonary tumours in the Netherlands: focus on temporal trends in histology and stage and on rare tumours W K de Jong, M Schaapveld, J L G Blaauwgeers, and H J M Groen Thorax 2008; 63: 1096-1102. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 4 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.095067

Acute lung injury

	Plasma receptor for advanced glycation end products and clinical outcomes in acute lung injury C S Calfee, L B Ware, M D Eisner, P E Parsons, B T Thompson, N Wickersham, M A Matthay, and the NHLBI ARDS Network Thorax 2008; 63: 1083-1089. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 19 June 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.095588

Epidemiology

Underestimation of airflow obstruction among young adults using FEV1/FVC <70% as a fixed cut-off: a longitudinal evaluation of clinical and functional outcomes I Cerveri, A G Corsico, S Accordini, R Niniano, E Ansaldo, J M Antó, N Künzli, C Janson, J Sunyer, D Jarvis, C Svanes, T Gislason, J Heinrich, J P Schouten, M Wjst, P Burney, and R de Marco Thorax 2008; 63: 1040-1045. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendix] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 20 May 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.095554

Review series

	Obesity and the lung: 5 · Obesity and COPD F M E Franssen, D E O’Donnell, G H Goossens, E E Blaak, and A M W J Schols Thorax 2008; 63: 1110-1117. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.086827 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case report

	Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome and polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 2 in a case of small cell lung cancer S Watanabe, J Tanaka, T Ohta, H Yoshizawa, and F Gejyo Thorax 2008; 63: 1118-1119. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.093211 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PostScript

	Histological appearances of putative montelukast related Churg–Strauss syndrome G P Currie, L McKinlay, and K M Kerr Thorax 2008; 63: 1120. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Optimal treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis T M Maher and A U Wells Thorax 2008; 63: 1120-1121. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Authors’ reply T J Williams and J W Wilson Thorax 2008; 63: 1121. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviewers

	Thorax reviewers 1 Oct 2007 to 30 Sept 2008 Thorax 2008; 63: 1038-1039. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

	Revival of carbocisteine for prevention of COPD exacerbations P Parulekar and A Yavari Thorax 2008; 63: 1045. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Twins with severe recurrent chest infections F Minen, E Barbi, A Ventura, P Carrera, F Zennaro, and P Chiodera Thorax 2008; 63: 1082. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.092650 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Six minute walk distance is a useful predictor of survival in lung transplant recipients V Ganagaram Thorax 2008; 63: 1089. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	ANSWER Thorax 2008; 63: 1090. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.092650a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A new theory for the pathogenesis of chronic lung disease? M Hill Thorax 2008; 63: 1095. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Increasing incidence of pulmonary embolism J Mathew Thorax 2008; 63: 1102. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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