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Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis associated with common variable hypogammaglobulinaemia treated with cyclosporin A
Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) is a rare clinicopathological entity that may be associated with common variable immune deficiency (CVID) and may lead to respiratory failure and death. Some ...
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Cost effectiveness of an outpatient multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation programme
BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes improve the health of patients disabled by lung disease but their cost effectiveness is unproved. We undertook a cost/utility analysis in conjunction ...
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Revisiting tuberculous pleurisy: pleural fluid characteristics and diagnostic yield of mycobacterial culture in an endemic area
1 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, ...
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Paradoxical reactions during tuberculosis treatment in patients with and without HIV co-infection
1 Department of Thoracic and HIV Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 3 Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the older adult: what defines abnormal lung function?
1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, ...
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Non-communicable respiratory disease and air pollution exposure in Malawi: a prospective cohort study
Rationale There are no population-based studies from sub-Saharan Africa describing longitudinal lung function in adults. Objectives To explore the lung function trajectories and their determinants, ...
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Ambient heat and hospitalisation for COPD in Brazil: a nationwide case-crossover study
Background Heat exposure has been related to increased morbidity and mortality for several health outcomes. There is little evidence whether this is also true for COPD. This study quantified the ...
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British Thoracic Society guidelines on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy
Superseded By 2013 Guideline: British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001 Feb; 56(Suppl 1): 1–21.
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A case of cough, lymphocytic bronchoalveolitis and coeliac disease with improvement following a gluten free diet
1 Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK 2 Department of Integrated Medicine, University Hospitals ...
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Dietary factors and pulmonary function: a cross sectional study in middle aged men from three European countries
BACKGROUND Results of epidemiological studies relating individual dietary factors to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are inconsistent. To evaluate the cross sectional association of ...
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In vivo IL-10 gene delivery attenuates bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting the production and activation of TGF-β in the lung
1 Pulmonary Division, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 2 Division of Stem Cell Regulation Research, Osaka University Graduate ...
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Pulmonary function during pregnancy in normal women and in patients with cardiopulmonary disease
Cardiology Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York Pulmonary Disease Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of ...