C. Robalo Cordeiro Jr. (Coimbra, Portugal), J. Stolk (Leiden, The Netherlands)
The clinical utility of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) in asthma, the first 1,000 patients F. Finsnes, E. Omenaas, G. E. Eide, A. Gulsvik (Bergen, Norway)
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The effect of laser photomodification on erythrocyte membrane-receptor complexes in asthma V. N. Mineev, L. N. Sorokina (St Petersburg, Russia)
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Changes of total nitrate/nitrite levels in breath condensate in children with bronchial asthma during the adaptation of hypoxia I. A. Klimanov, S. K. Soodaeva, A. G. Chuchalin, N. A. Geppe, T. A. Bogdanova (Moscow, Russia)
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Comparative analysis of tobacco smoke products and biological effects in hubble-bubble (sheesha) and cigarette smokers S. S. Mutairi, A. A. Shihab-Eldeen, O. A. Mojiminiyi, A. A. Anwar, A. A. Aqeel (Kuwait, Kuwait)
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TNF and LTA genes and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease O. V. Bainak, D. G. Yanbaeva, S. Z. Zagidullin, G. F. Korytina, T. V. Victorova (Ufa, Russia)
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Time course of serum interleukin-6 during COPD exacerbations W. R. Perera, J. R. Hurst, T. M. A. Wilkinson, G. C. Donaldson, J. A. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
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Catabolic/anabolic balance in patients with COPD exacerbation P. Kythreotis, P. Bakakos, M. Daganou, N. Lolis, P. Iconomidis, A. N. Rasidakis (Athens, Greece)
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Acute phase markers in elderly patients with COPD E. K. Dotsenko, V. A. Goncharova (St Petersburg, Russia)
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Role of B-type brain natriuretic peptide in the development of fluid retention and detection of right ventricular failure in COPD patients I. M. Abdelfattah, N. Y. Azab, I. H. Diab, G. M. Sharara, S. M. Moaweia (Shebin Elkom, Alexandria, Sadat, Egypt)
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The levels of serum malonyldialhyde and paraoxonase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease B. Isik, R. S. Isik, H. Yolacan, R. M. Isik (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
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Peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subpopulations in the exacerbations of respiratory tract infections of patients with COPD F. Sahin, R. Dodurgali, G. Karapinar, F. Seçik, H. Can, A. Poluman (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Eosinophils in peripheral blood are associated with eosinophils in sputum, BAL, and bronchial biopsies in COPD M. M. E. Gosman, D. F. Jansen, N. H. T. Ten Hacken, T. S. Lapperre, J. B. Snoeck-Stroband, J. Stolk, P. J. Sterk, D. S. Postma, W. Timens, the GLUCOLD Study Group (Groningen, Leiden, The Netherlands)
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The need of analysing induced sputum absolute cell counts in addition to cell percentages in COPD D. C. Grootendorst, S. A. Gauw, H. van der Veen, P. J. Sterk, K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Chronic sputum production in COPD is a marker for airway inflammation and colonisation D. J. Powrie, T. M. Wilkinson, G. C. Donaldson, C. M. Dawson, J. A. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
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Baseline FEV1and sputum neutrophils and macrophages predict the decrease in FEV1 after inhaled corticosteroid withdrawal in COPD D. Bathoorn, J. J. W. Liesker, D. S. Postma, H. F. Kauffman, G. H. Koëter, H. A. M. Kerstjens (Groningen, The Netherlands)
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Effect of high dose alpha-1-antitrypsin infusion on neutrophil-generated fibrinogen fragments in type Z alpha-1-antitrypsin deficient patients J. Stolk, W. Nieuwenhuizen (Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Primary cilliary dyskinesia (P.C.D.): an unusual familial inheritance with five siblings involved M. Nabavi, R. Amin, S. Kashef, A. Emaminia, A. Keshavarzi (Shiraz, Iran)
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Exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of exacerbations of asthma W. A. Biernacki, H. M. Biernacka, S. A. Kharitonov, P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
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The relationships between markers of inflammation in exhaled breath condensate and bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) A. Jung, B. Kalicki, W. Stankiewicz, M. P. Dabrowski, A. Chcialowski, J. Zuber (Warsaw, Poland)
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